Andrew Howard, from motoring organisation the AA, said times were hard for all services.
In these sceptical days, she explained, there was less demand for her rainmaking skills, so times were hard.
For their part, paternalistic companies have in the past shared jobs around when times were hard, rather than laying off surplus workers.
Times were hard and, as a student, she paid her way by becoming an artists' model before graduating and winning the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Prize in 1981.
It was true that when times were hard Mrs Brown had worked in a school kitchen, but she had had a more dignified job in the Post Office.
In recent years, few solicitors' firms have avoided redundancies or moving staff to short-time working, while others have closed or merged, and Law Society of Scotland chief executive Lorna Jack warned the hard times were continuing.
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Over the previous year, it was obvious that folks were facing hard times.
They bit the bullet and realised that they were in for some hard times, but that in the long run it would pay dividends.
Bristol City continued to play free-flowing football whereas at times Blackpool looked as though they were trying too hard with simple passes being overhit or going astray, although the blustery conditions did not help.
Obviously there have been instances when a player has felt aggrieved and there were times in my career where I felt hard done by, but overall I believe the continuity of Australia's selection process has had a positive affect on the consistent performances of the team.
As a lawyer, I defended hard-working Americans during the toughest times of their lives against the big corporations that were trying to victimize them.
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