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Fado songs, accompanied by classical guitar, generally deal with the hardships of seafaring life.
In an editorial Monday, the Turkish Daily News said Turks are "thrilled to see the American president as their guest, especially at a time when we are going through some very hard days, having to cope with the national trauma of two successive major killer earthquakes and the never-ending hardships suffered by our masses because of economic crises."
The Smithsonian may be exalted as the repository of American culture and get high marks for whenever it hosts, say, a monthlong exhibit on the hardships of the pilgrims.
Instead, it advocated a closer look at a prospective International Monetary Fund package, even though "[o]f course, an IMF programme would bring massive hardships for the common people."
Even though Irish-Americans face virtually no discrimination, some have embraced a politics modeled after the campaigns of African-Americans and Native Americans demanding their fair historical due--that American institutions recognize their old hardships.