Sheep was once forced to submit to much harm from the other animals. He therefore appeared before Jupiter, and begged him to lessen his misery.

绵羊曾经一度被迫忍受别的动物对它造成的诸多伤害。终于，它来见丘比特，恳求他为自己减轻痛苦。

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Emerging economies compounded their misery by raising interest rates, rather than cutting them, once disaster struck.

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On the other hand, for the Japanese, once feared by the rest of the world for their six-day weeks, economic misery has been the reward for the past decade's toil.

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Misery isn't romanticized, it's a civic emergency, and management, once steady, overreacts with dramatic moves.

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