Begin with the over-riding fact of the numbing scale of the tragedy from the tsunami itself.
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The hip TV take on the Afghan war is as entrancing as it is numbing.
Most would probably describe it as useless web surfing and brain numbing tv watching.
Despite the mind-numbing number of machines on the market, picking the best was surprisingly easy.
From 1996 through 2003 the firm sold tax shelters of mind-numbing complexity to clients and investors.
But the Chinese are discovering that while getting rich is marvelous, it can also be numbing.
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So I was introduced to this world of numbing the pain and also the consequences of it.
More people will need to hire tax preparers just to cope with the mind-numbing complexity.
The result is numbing and infuriating, not least because you can imagine it becoming addictive.
Sara was started on the Tarceva, which produced an itchy, acne-like facial rash and numbing tiredness.
Norwegians sniff at the numbing unpleasantness of gutting fish and at the town's remoteness.
And worst of all, a numbing fear of sickness and death from radioactive disease.
All this came as the temperatures plummeted to the bone-numbing and the snow swirled and stung faces.
The fundamental shifts that are rocking the American psyche have created a sort of dull, numbing trauma.
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The inmates are given a numbing gel and the thin tubes are lubricated before being inserted, they say.
Look at North Korea, still threatening war after diplomats have spent bottom-numbing years in talks (see article).
He was one of those Englishmen wrenched from Mummy at age seven and driven into numbing boarding-school exile.
"What is so mind-numbing about this is we don't have this kind of stuff happen here, " Mayes said.
Numbing products are best used by putting a small amount only on the sore area of the gum.
It is a good idea to talk with your baby's doctor before using numbing gels or homeopathic remedies.
The symptoms of the illness include a numbing of emotions, difficulty concentrating and exaggerated startled responses to events.
The new class of drugs, called Cyclooxygenase-2 or Cox-2 inhibitors, are no better at easing swelling or numbing hurt.
Several numbing days followed in a hotel room waiting for a flight home.
The incidents of carnage especially a young black mob burning a loathsome black constable to death are more numbing than revelatory.
In the mornings young workers learn about British motor heritage, in mind-numbing detail.
It also a refreshing change from the mind-numbing blaster games of recent times.
The mind-numbing pressure of his job can cause compassion fatigue at times.
Flimsy feedback or direction sometimes comes in the form of mind-numbing business jargon.
Stress to most of us means being short of cash, being over-worked in brain-numbing jobs, worrying about an uncertain future.
The Verdict: Several published studies have found lasers can often allow patients to skip numbing anesthetic when getting cavities treated.
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