Bill Clinton sold himself as a New Democrat who felt Middle America's pain.

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Are they seriously prepared to inflict more pain on the middle class because they refuse to ask anything more of those at the very top?

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On November 16th several hundred ordinary, middle-aged Australians, with pain in their faces and tears in their eyes, packed the hall to witness a ceremony devoted to them.

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He will talk much of what he calls the "squeezed middle", the low and middle-income families feeling the pain of lower living standards and job insecurity as the economy stagnates.

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The additional revenue generated from a responsible estate tax would reduce the deficit reduction pain that would otherwise will fall on middle- and low-income households.

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Gout is most commonly associated with pain in the joint of the big toe of middle-aged and older men who are obese, diabetic, hypertensive and drink alcohol, but gout can occur in any joint of adult men and women of any health status and any age.

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"There was pain on both sides, but we have come up with a very solid middle ground, " said Stewart Verdery, assistant secretary for border and transportation policy in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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