Charity in Hard Times

Times were hard.

Tom is going through a rough time.

These are hard times, I know.

We had a rough time.

We've got some difficult days ahead of us.

He was a governor in very difficult times.

Reason seems to be having a hard time of it in the US just now.

I always rely on him in times of trouble.

The family had a hard time after the war.

After losing his job, he went through a very difficult time.

A sense of humour will stand you in good stead in difficult times.

The fallout has shown the potential impact of an alleged gesture, especially in troubled times.

You get closest to Jesus in the tough times, not the good times.

To bring the presidential candidates on board (as was done in South Korea in 1997), Central Bank President Armínio Fraga invited their representatives to his office for a chat.

Hard times, like the Great Depression, have been occasions for fundamental changes.

Yes, these are dark times, and all politicians want to protect their voters.

When times are tough, immigrants and minorities become easy targets.

There may be a sense of shame, and a loss of self esteem, at being poor, even in hard times.

In these tough economic times, we are all acutely aware that security comes at a price.

None of this is necessarily wrong Russia's hard times demand a government that can act decisively.

Capitalist economies are not self adjusting market forces might eventually restore an economy of full employment, as Keynes said, but in the long run we are all dead. Keynes proposed clear prescriptions for hard economic times expansionary monetary and fiscal policy.

Keynes proposed clear prescriptions for hard economic times expansionary monetary and fiscal policy.

Rani Kajal Mata is the protector of an ancient tribe in Madhya Pradesh. The community prays to her in times of trouble.

These are trying economic times for the US, largely owing to imperial overstretch financed by Chinese credit. Admiral Mike Mullen, the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently defined America s colossal fiscal deficits as the biggest threat to its national security.

The liquidity that they apparently offer proved unreliable under stress that is, when it is most needed.

These are trying economic times for the US, largely owing to imperial overstretch financed by Chinese credit.

In these times, difficult and unpredictable but full of hope, the world needs Turkey and the EU to work together.

That said, Mexico s political institutions have survived hard times, the middle class rejects extremism, and the US is close by.

Regulators might consider imposing pro cyclical equity requirements increasing the equity percentage in boom times in order to offset losses in the inevitable bust times.

Eventually, all the new money will wend its way into reserves, which in effect represent a commitment by countries to help each other in times of trouble.

Recently the US government has been giving Chinese companies a difficult time, look at the scandals around CNPC, Huawei, and ZTE Corporation.

The Straits Times Singapore's only English language broadsheet recently announced that it would be auctioning a Volkswagen car for charity.

In the 60 years since World War II came to an end, we have counted on each other in times of peril and challenge.

In troubled times, during the dictatorship of Mussolini, Rita had secretly studied nerve fibers in a makeshift lab hidden in her home.

These are weighty questions.

These are difficult questions.

America s readiness to stand by them when the game gets rough will determine the strength and size of its security alliance system in Asia in the years ahead.

Since the EU is neither a nation state nor a democracy, there is no European people to see the EU through hard times.

That Japan had nothing to offer Thailand in its moment of turmoil is testimony to how irrelevant Hatoyama s leadership had made the country.

These are, indeed, delicate and changing times for the United States, especially at a time when Americans expect their president to be the emoter in chief.

The demand for far reaching change in the structure and functioning of the EU, including repatriation of powers to Britain, is a major new demarche at a difficult time for Europe.

Tom has a level head in emergencies.

But even in hard times, every European knows deep down that European integration has delivered peace with clear prospects for broadening Europe's zone of peace and stability.

That is why, at this month s G 20 summit, participants must focus on providing a credible institutional backstop for the difficult times ahead.