John Dingell, a Democrat from the Detroit suburbs, lamented the rows of empty houses he sees in the city since the American car industry fell on hard times.
Some economist argue that emigration can be a useful safety valve in hard times, reducing the numbers of the unemployed and avoiding the debilitating effects of long-term unemployment.
I suggested divorce, but my husband said we should get through the hard times together.
It all depends on perspective; on how you see the situation. Viewing everything as a learning experience makes life more pleasurable, even during the hard times.
Part of the renewed interest in denim may have to do with the economy: hard-times chic in hard times.
The offspring of starving mothers, anticipating hard times during their own future lives, adjust their metabolisms to hoard calories.
No matter how hard times are, they will always go on.
RECESSIONS mean that Ferraris stay in showrooms and designer dresses on shop racks, but lipstick bucks the trend: in hard times, women buy more of it, as it is an affordable indulgence.
Bad mood is plagued by hard times. Actually, reality is not as bad as you think. Life has its peaks and lows, and there is no smooth sailing.
Endure the lonely night, the sky will brighten, and it will endure the cold winter, and spring will come. The unbearable patience and hard times are nothing but clouds.
As the tabloid have hit on hard times, the cheque of chequebook journalism have shrink.
But in these hard times they may not win much support from the Irish public.
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