Downsizing and corporate restructuring hit hard at the enlightened benevolence of weak firms.
Growth has been particularly hit hard at its Construction Industries division in China where sales have declined compared to the mid-2011 levels.
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The Black Sea area of Russia has been particularly hard hit, with at least 58 deaths over the course of the weekend.
He did a great job of holding it up, playing me, so I tried to hit it low and hard at the far post.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whose state was hit hard by Sandy, said at a news conference Tuesday that Election Day isn't a concern of his right now.
Wasps rugby director Ian McGeechan and coach Shaun Edwards were among those to hit out at Ashton over his hard-line stance.
Conversely, a game like Spec Ops: The Line hit me so hard because it was at once a new level of storytelling in video games and a throwback to films like Apocalypse Now and the Joseph Conrad novella, Heart of Darkness.
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In hard-hit Kansas, there were at least six storm-related deaths: two siblings who died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator, three people in fatal vehicle accidents and an elderly woman who died of hypothermia sweeping snow off her steps, Gov. Sam Brownback said.
Even among the social workers who work in hard-hit communities there is surprisingly little frustration at the meagreness of the handouts on offer or at the lengthy application process.
If a Comanche does get spotted, it will be hard to hit: It flies backwards and sideways at 80 knots, and its digital display gives the pilot specific maneuvers to avoid missiles.
This fact hit pilots very hard since the FAA requires them to retire at age 60.
Friday's jobs report hit hard, and Wall Street was testing its 2008 lows at midday.
Cuts are expected to hit education hard, putting thousands of teacher and teacher aide jobs at risk.
At the moment, the expansion is getting hit hard by Metacritic users.
Wendy's has benefited in part from weakness at Burger King, which analysts say has suffered in recent years from a series of management and ownership changes, a lack of menu development and an over-reliance on young adult customers at a time when high unemployment hit that market hard.
But with debt at 62%of capital, Magna was hard hit by the 1989 car slump that was accompanied by escalating interest rates.
The most likely outcome is that Western Digital will be forced to sell a badly needed potential production plant at a time when its Thailand operations have been hard hit by the Fall Thailand floods.
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At least things are moving, unlike in other hard-hit economies.
The residential real estate sector had been at the epicenter of the financial crisis, taking a particularly hard hit as the global economy went down the drain.
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And look at the dollar store sector, for this is where the truly hard hit consumers turn when money is tight.
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The motions appear off at times, it is hard to string together actions for a successful hit, and the feel of the action is less than enjoyable.
Our goal at the SBA and across the Administration is making sure that these hard hit communities have the tools and the resources they need to navigate and recover from these severe drought conditions.
At both the luxury and backpacker ends of the market, operators are being hit hard.
Slowdowns at computer chip makers, who buy nearly all of Applied's equipment, hit hard.
But this year the primary corn (maize) and soyabean agricultural belt has been hard hit by the drought of the past three months: crops, pastures and rangeland have deteriorated at a rate rarely seen in the past 20 years.
Meanwhile, utilities in some hard-hit New England states predicted that Friday's storm could leave some customers in the dark at least until Monday.
And she worked hard, and she was good at what she did, but like so many women she hit that glass ceiling, and watched men no more qualified than she was -- men she had actually trained -- be promoted up that ladder ahead of her.
Looking at trade with individual countries, you can see our exports to the crisis economies have been hit hard.
In addition, a real increase in job numbers would reduce the amount of government spending that goes to people who are hard hit by the economic downturn, resulting in a built-in reduction in spending that is passively targeted at those who will no longer need or receive government assistance.
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