1.   The country has endured civil war and economic collapse.

2.   Club Med Haiti officially re-opened nearly two years ago after eight years in mothballs, during which the country endured coups, massacres and a brutal military government.

3.   In the decades since the communists lost power, the country has endured occasional spells of chaos and always seems on the verge of another.

4.   Many other countries have endured similar travails, and some have also resorted to high-level bartering as a solution.

5.   Much of the popular dissatisfaction with the president stems from the harsh measures the government took and the sacrifices the country endured to improve its financial standing.

6.   One by one, jarring war remnants that had been preserved as evidence of what the country had endured have been pulled from public view.

7.   Others seek not only a full accounting of the victims, but punishment of the military officers involved and a moral acknowledgment of what the country endured.

8.   Since then, the country has endured economic stagnation and political unrest amid periods of near anarchy.

9.   Some lawmakers said that the salary discrepancy could have a significant impact on families as the country endures a recession.

10.   That was also when the country was enduring double-digit inflation and interests rates, exacerbating an income tax squeeze, not to mention something called the Cold War.