Hard Times

Portland Store Refuses To Let Woman Pay With Quarters (VIDEO)

Newser.com | David Moye | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Fred Meyer, Video. Sav-a-Lot, Weird Portland, Coinstar, Hard Times, Grocery Store Won't Allow Change, Weird News News

It's not a good week to be a grocery store. First, a Safeway in Honolulu got raked over the coals for arresting a pregnant woman who ate a sandwic...

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It is Time to Share the Shock

Dr. Cheryl Pappas | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Society, Relationships, Healthy Living Spirit, Honesty, Hard Times, Difficult Times, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News
Dr. Cheryl Pappas

Sometimes, life presents something so extreme and unfamiliar, that after closing and locking the door in its aftermath, you find that nothing will ever be the same. Such has been the case recently in my life.

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Hard Times for These Times

Brian Rosenberg | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, Higher Education, Hard Times, Federal Government, College News
Brian Rosenberg

It took me a long time to understand the relevancy of my "residency" in Dickens to the work and the world I now encounter. Everything I needed to know about my current situation was revealed in Dickens had I only taken the trouble to look.

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Kraft-y Anti-Potato Propaganda

Suzan Colón | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Kraft Foods, Kraft, Food Blogger, Hard Times, Potatoes, Stove Top Stuffing Mix, Gift Card, Technorati, Kraft Stovetop Contest, Kraft Stovetop, Kraft Potato Blog Contest, Food News
Suzan Colón

Kraft is attempting to bribe food bloggers to tell their readers to skip "boring" spuds in favor of Stove Top Stuffing Mix.

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5 Keys to a 'New' Abundance for Lean Times

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Balanced Life, Rough Times, Financial Hardship, Hard Times, Difficult Times, Trying Times, Healthy Living News
Dr. Judith Rich

These times call for a new conversation about what it means to be abundant. We are living in the aftermath of our collective binge on excess. We see where that road has led.

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Giving Thanks Every Day

Donna Henes | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Adversity, Attitude of Gratitude, Thankfulness, Hard Times, Perspective, Thanksgiving, Meditation, Gratitude, Death, Life, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Donna Henes

When we prosper and grow and the situations of our lives flow, when the going is good and the living is easy, it seems only natural to be thankful. But what about all those times when nothing seems to budge?

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Top 7 Recession Indicators According To HuffPosters (SLIDESHOW)

HuffPost's Eyes & Ears | Matthew Palevsky/Stephanie Harnett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepoll, Hard Times, Divorce, Recession Indicators, Starbucks, Slideshow, Cell Phones, Econoimc Indicators, Recession, Stephanie Harnett, Matthew Palevsky, Business News

Last week HuffPost featured its "Top Ten Unconventional Indicators Of The Recession," such as sales in men's underwear and movie rentals. We asked yo...

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Second Thoughts

Robert M. Grossman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Hard Times, Second Thoughts, Mental Illness, Bi-Polar Disorder, Homelessness, Happiness, Healthy Living News
Robert M. Grossman

I had arrived several days earlier for a gathering with a few classmates to reminisce over our years at college a half century ago. That had now ended...

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The Daily Szep - Hard Times

Paul Szep | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Szep

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Why Being Nouveau Pauvre Cheers Britain

Melissa Biggs Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Britain, End of Conspicuous Consumption, English Versus American Response, Hard Times, Reaction To, Divorce, Economic Crisis, Guy Ritchie, Affluenza, English, Madonna, Financial Crisis, London, Austerity, Style News
Melissa Biggs Bradley

Despite their ancestors' experience with war-time thrift, the average Brit may be deeper in debt than their American cousin.

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