This dance showcases the daily travails and risks in the life of a fisherman in Andhra Pradesh.

He learned not only of the daily travails of Russian musicians, but also of their deep devotion to their art.

And yet the reader is goaded into sympathy with these characters by their sheer persistence in the face of seemingly insurmountable daily travails - evoking the innocence of a new-born country.

The novel is a satiric look at the daily travails of reporters covering the White House, attempting to squeeze accurate information from presidential representatives.

In a sign of how overwrought the process has become, production is in progress on a pilot for a cable television reality series, "Manhattan Mom," about the daily travails of a New York woman.

For a few months the dispute disappeared amid the daily travails of City Hall.

Tayali's woodcut subjects were usually about the common African man (and woman), and the feelings evoked by his daily travails, and the prevailing political landscape of the times.

The increase came, he said, at a time when the bitter weather was offering a poignant reminder of the daily travails of the poor.

"Her special quality is to see a larger picture than the daily travail of life."

Its creators admit to uneasiness as to whether Canadians and Americans can laugh about the daily travails of those who many consider a looming menace.