But he has also particularly favored social service programs over "hard" services like fire protection and transportation.

"But we are in a hard service, my dear, and we must sometimes be willing to bear a great deal."

Moreover, the ship itself is designed to last for centuries of hard service.

The new master of Rabia used to take hard service from her.

The Liaz has made a hard service so far over all the years.

By 1943, after two years hard service, only one Ro.63 survived.

It seemed so unfair to him, after his forty years of hard service!

Even so, its condition testified to lengthy and hard service.

We had hard service, Tom, and they hadn't all my constitution.

Some among them had been soldiers, and recognized the scars of a common soldier who has seen hard service.