The former cabinet minister was at pains to praise the large numbers of journalists "not least in the local and regional press, who are doing an honest job without any great reward".
Our penance will be the sleepless nights, the fools we will make of ourselves at loud noises, the looks on our faces at the sight of swerving cars, and the pains in our chests when no one is awake.
He was at pains during the campaign's last hours to persuade right-leaning voters that they cannot afford the luxury of backing their various niche parties and thus risking that Likud will lose to Kadima.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was at pains over the weekend to point out that 30% of the nation's energy supplies come from those wells, and there would be grave harm to the U.S. economy if there were any appreciable suspension of such flows.
In a letter to students, Dr Willem Burggraaf, the school's dean, was at pains to point out that the MBA hadn't need cancelled altogether and would begin as soon as new arrangements could be put in place.
The secretary of state was at pains to point out, in some detail, the expertise he has assembled to deliver his big idea within his department.
Jack Straw, the home secretary, who is responsible for the new legislation, is at pains to defend himself against charges of gerrymandering: the new law will not take effect until mid-2002, after the next general election.
Mr Erdogan and his government have been at pains to stress the warmth of feeling towards America.
In this case, George Roy Hill, who had been at pains to shoot the movie outdoors, read her last line and wrote her a letter.
Understandably, Farrell has been at pains to reduce the weight of expectation heaped on his broad shoulders, while much of the praise lavished on him has come with caveats that we should not expect too much, too soon.
Dixon is at least taking pains to assert that the sun is rising on a new era of responsible spending at Chesapeake.
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Yet, both in Washington and in the days leading up to the high-profile conclave, he was at pains to project a positive approach to the new negotiations.
Both Mr Powell and the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, have been at pains in recent days to stress the underlying strength of the alliance between the two countries.
In his subsequent statements, the Ulster Unionist leader has been at pains to suggest that agreement is still possible if the unionists' concerns about a firm timetable for disarmament are met.
Still, the Obama administration has been at pains to say there was no bargain with Russia, and the decision to abandon Mr Bush's missile-defence scheme was taken on its own merits.
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Antitrust sceptics following the case have been at pains to argue that these network effects do not, in practice, make the product in question immune to competition.
At the same time, administration officials took pains to emphasize that the military campaign continued.
Over the past few weeks we have been at pains to protect Dr. Kelly being identified as the source of these reports.
Worrying that this could also be an issue at the Cineplex, the filmmakers have taken great pains to make The Golden Compass amusing, exciting and grand without ever raising anyone's hackles.
He is at pains to play down the prospect of wrenching change.
But Dein was at pains to suggest that the defender's relationship with Arsenal remains good and that the player will be staying at Highbury.
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In his written testimony, Mr Schmalensee is at pains to insist that the Justice Department's case against Microsoft does not turn on the question whether the firm is a monopoly in the operating-systems market.
Ministers are anticipating this with a policy of blame dilution: Harriet Harman, the social security minister, was at pains to adopt a bi-partisan tone in her announcement, and the all-party select committee on social security will be given the chance to hold hearings on the draft legislation.
However, the president was at pains to stress that he and Hack had parted ways amicably.
British defence sources are at pains to point out that the NATO force's only purpose is to collect weapons surrendered voluntarily.
Mr Ntaganda is wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague for war crimes, so the M23 is at pains publicly to distance itself from him.
So far, however, French officials have been at pains to say little about the situation and, when pressed, have volunteered only that it is an internal matter for Algerians.
If the scheme were implemented (and the WHO is at pains to point out that this paper in no way indicates a change of policy), it would be more costly to begin with than the existing plan of universal access.
JetBlue , after four years of growth and profits at the expense of the majors, is suffering its first real growing pains.
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