But some hard-hit markets in the U.S. have begun to show signs of recovery.
Florida is nobody's home state -- it is populous, diverse, and hard-hit by the economic downturn.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi was more kind, saying deep counts hurt Nova more than hard-hit balls.
President Bush has announced an emergency food-aid package for hard-hit parts of the world.
This is a national project that has meant thousands of jobs for the hard-hit construction industry.
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During these tough economic times, Recovery Act tax cuts are helping hard-hit middle class families.
And a Latino community that had been hard-hit before the recession was hit even harder.
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President Obama took his economic stimulus message to Florida last week to hard-hit Fort Myers.
Canadians have been a dominant purchasing force in hard-hit Sunbelt states like Arizona and Florida.
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In hard-hit Brookhaven Town, Supervisor Ed Romaine urged patience as highway employees cleared roads.
Rhode Island was also hard-hit by power disruptions, while Connecticut appeared to fare better.
Considering the industry was hard-hit by the recession, Wallrath says he's been heartened by the response.
"Another round of widespread damaging winds may materialize in these hard-hit areas, " it warned.
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That's why two weeks ago Ed announced a green jobs training program for autoworkers in hard-hit communities.
And that's why the President in the Recovery Act made sure we helped hard-hit towns like Kokomo.
He also declared a state of emergency for hard-hit Chemung County in the southwestern part of the state.
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Britain, the No. 1 destination for U.S. travelers, was hard-hit then and is likely to be hard-hit now.
Subsidies for a hard-hit export sector, say, seem to make sense as a response to the global downturn.
When hard-hit developing countries submit to the supervision of the International Monetary Fund, their citizens rarely react kindly.
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Economies dependent on tourism -- for instance, Macau, the "Las Vegas of Asia, " -- would be especially hard-hit.
The predictions injected more gloom into a sector already hard-hit by earnings disappointments over the last few weeks.
Lin Wan-ching a teacher from hard-hit Nantou county, says a home with two illegal floors toppled into her residence.
There are lower-income areas of hard-hit neighborhoods that have not gotten much attention.
Rescue teams brought people evacuated from the hard-hit town of Beichuan to Mianyang's sports stadium for food and shelter.
We should invest in infrastructure projects that lead to new jobs in the construction industry and other hard-hit businesses.
Hard-hit California is home to 53% of the borrowers, Florida to another 7%.
New York City was particularly hard-hit, with seawalls overrun in Lower Manhattan.
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President Obama visited hard-hit Moore, Oklahoma, today to see firsthand some of the damage done by last Monday's deadly tornado.
Meanwhile, a hard-hit ball by Moustakas leading off the seventh inning caromed off Pettitte's glove and right to Robinson Cano.
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