Then the Cambodian-Americans felt as if they were punched in the collective gut by an unanticipated punishment for their difficulties in adjusting to this country.
But as all too many people with severe chronic diseases know, loved ones can disappear, leaving them to bear their difficulties in lonely isolation.
If they've heeded the advice and waited until the circumstances are right, they're then lambasted for bring their difficulties in conceiving on themselves.
After Dr. P.'s story was published, I began to get letters from correspondents who would compare their difficulties in recognizing places and faces with his.
Apart from the loss to Edmonton last Saturday, defense has been the strength of the Devils again this season, offsetting their difficulties in scoring goals.
Also true is that Germany and France see, as they did in the 1950s, the way out of their difficulties in further fusing their economies.
About 4 in 10 parents have noticed behavioral changes in their children that they attribute to their difficulties in finding work.
We became intrigued by teenagers and their difficulties in coming of age, but we felt we had to relate to women in the 21st century".
Their difficulties in securing funding have long worried politicians, and there are ideas aplenty to try to diversify their sources of capital.
But grievances simmering within the Kurdish minority for decades -- over their difficulties in obtaining citizenship, the ban on their language, their poverty amid rich farmland -- finally boiled over in the last few weeks.
Mr. Gore spoke to reporters after holding a discussion with two dozen people at a union hall belonging to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers about their difficulties in paying higher prices for home-heating fuel.
