The misery shows no sign of relenting for boss Phil Brown as bottom-of-the-table North End lost for the 17th time in the campaign.

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Prior to the IntelliCell procedure, she had been in physical therapy for years, with no success of alleviating her misery.

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Travel: There is no end in sight to the misery for London commuters.

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But the Nationals no longer share the Mets' misery.

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It may be that, as capitalism makes us wealthier and we can buy what we desire, we can no longer blame an external situation for our misery and are forced to realise that our unhappiness has its source in our own minds.

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And so once again we are faced with a sympathetic, beaten Thomas Barrow, a man who has squandered all his good will, all his money, and now must leave Downton with no reference at all a perfect storm of misery and ruin into which the always compassionate John Bates inserts himself.

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Wellpoint, Aetna, Independence, and the other insurers rushing into this business no doubt believe they have a magic formula for turning this misery into a profitable growth engine.

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In 1937, the Fed drastically increased reserve requirements for no obvious reason, thereby producing the second leg of the Great Depression, as well as untold misery.

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But I had no idea that they could -- in between doing our chores -- create so much havoc and misery.

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