1.   Like many immigrants, both Elian and David escaped hardships back home.

2.   But the vast majority are deemed to have fled Vietnam to escape economic hardship rather than political persecution.

3.   Hundreds of thousands of Asian women try to escape financial hardship by working as maids abroad.

4.   Most come to the oil-rich Gulf states seeking a job to escape economic hardships in Afghanistan.

5.   The Sri Lankans apparently wanted to escape economic hardship and start a new life in western Europe.

6.   U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned Tuesday that progress on a solution to the Kosovo conflict must come soon if refugees are to escape the hardship of a Balkan winter.

7.   Yet even a young man of purpose and privilege cannot escape the hardships of his era.

8.   Sheikh Ali said Kuwait was continuing its tight security on the border to prevent Iraqis trying to escape economic hardship in sanctions-hit Iraq.

9.   Since the break-up of Soviet-dominated eastern Europe an increasing number of immigrants has been crossing into Austria, largely to escape economic hardship.