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  • WHEN AN INDUSTRY FACES ECONOMIC ADVERSITY, top recruiters see a flood of applications from people eager to get out of a tight market and apply their skills in another.

    You’re Better Than Your Job Search Marc Cenedella 2010

  • JEFF SNOVER, CHAIRMAN, CHAMPIONS MADE FROM ADVERSITY: They made me feel like a complete person, that I can do things that other folks can do just as well.

    CNN Transcript May 4, 2008 2008

  • SUFFERINGS, than could have been given, had you never erred: for my dear, the time of ADVERSITY is your SHINING-TIME.

    Clarissa Harlowe 2006

  • The quote on the ADVERSITY plaque reads "remember, Jesus said that God always hurts the ones he loves," and hey, who would know better than Jesus, huh?

    I am a Child of Gosh 2004

  • Underneath each image of this mural is a plaque: BIRTH - TEACHING - FAITH (the kid with the book) - ETERNAL MARRIAGE - WORK AND SERVICE (you can tell by the hard hat) - EVERLASTING FAMILY - ADVERSITY (you can tell, because the Mormon guy finally loosened his tie) - CAREGIVING - and then, of course DEATH (which isn't really death because Man lives forever).

    I am a Child of Gosh 2004

  • The quote on the ADVERSITY plaque reads "remember, Jesus said that God always hurts the ones he loves," and hey, who would know better than Jesus, huh?

    replay 25 cents 2004

  • Underneath each image of this mural is a plaque: BIRTH - TEACHING - FAITH (the kid with the book) - ETERNAL MARRIAGE - WORK AND SERVICE (you can tell by the hard hat) - EVERLASTING FAMILY - ADVERSITY (you can tell, because the Mormon guy finally loosened his tie) - CAREGIVING - and then, of course DEATH (which isn't really death because Man lives forever).

    replay 25 cents 2004

  • In THE POWER OF ADVERSITY, Weatherhead explains that the key to gaining strength from hardship is to change how we view challenges.

    PRWeb - Daily News Feed 2010

  • The topic this month is ADVERSITY, and if you've got a lesson learned on that particular subject, hey, why don't you join the fun?

    Middle Zone Musings 2009

  • THE REAL PERSON APPEARS WHEN THEY ARE FACED WITH ADVERSITY ...

    Moore: Clinton is trying to scare voters 2008

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