Except I know that, in not a small number of people, there was at least some satisfaction.
We looked at how well those hundreds of stock holdings fared in that same group of 20 largest active equity managers from peak to trough and their median decline was 58%, not a small number.
In developing countries with immature financial markets, a freely floating exchange rate may not be sensible because a small number of foreign-exchange trades can cause big swings in currencies.
That is not to deny that a small number of troublemakers need to be dealt with firmly, preferably in a way which prevents them getting anywhere near a football ground again.
But because the electoral rules are elegantly rigged to ensure that a majority vote does not mean majority representation, liberals will get a disproportionately small number of seats in the new Legco.
Notably, industry does not even try to argue that even a small number of the requests for information made by law enforcement are improper.
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While there are a succession of drugs which offer some control over the disease in many cases, a small number of patients do not respond to these.
"After listening to feedback from our existing customers, a small number of whom do not feel their businesses would benefit from these changes, we will be retaining the fee-free option for existing customers, " a spokesman said.
"We do not think that research based on tests in a small number of specific topics taken in 11 schools by 11 to 14-year-olds is a good way to judge standards in the maths GCSE - an exam which tests the full breadth of the curriculum and that is taken by older pupils from all schools in the country, " she said.
The actual number of children who were kidnapped and killed did not change -- it's always been a relatively small number -- but awareness of the cases skyrocketed, experts said.
Moody's says it discontinued unsolicited ratings five years ago owing to widespread misunderstanding of the practice, though it continues to analyse a small number of companies (it will not say exactly how many) whose initial unsolicited ratings pre-date 2000.
On the other hand, if the work is isolated or requires a small number of players, the Cloud may not improve productivity at all.
Rooting out such a small number of prospective fraudulent voters simply does not call for the extreme measures that shut out millions of legitimate ones.
The company has confirmed that they are eliminating a small number of jobs in marketing, but did not specify how many.
Bush also reissued his warning that the United States will not allow an "axis of evil" made up of "a small number of outlaw regimes" to threaten the world's security with weapons of mass destruction.
What they discovered, it's not true, that homelessness is divided up, and there are a very small number of people who have very serious problems and who really make up what we define of and think of as chronic homelessness.
And Warner is believed to have been angered by AEG president Tim Leiweke's claim that it would not make economic sense to keep the stadium geared up for athletics because of a small number of major events that could be staged at the venue.
And while that may not sound like a lot, just think about it -- just think about those small number of votes spread out across an entire state, across hundreds of cities and thousands of precincts.
Senior Bush advisers would not confirm reports of potential compromises the administration is considering to placate both sides, such as approving federal funding of experiments on a small number of cell lines that have already been identified, but not permitting tax dollars to be used to develop more.
Not only are a few large wireless firms likely to innovate less than a larger number of small firms.
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Certainly a few years is not enough time to tell whether increased choice or small schools or any number of other reforms will be effective.
Second, the 1.5m Muslims in England and Wales are not numerous enough to shape the overall result, though their votes may prove decisive in a small number of constituencies such as Leicester South, which the Liberal Democrats took in a by-election last year.
Three are the actions of a small number of rogue professionals, though the scope of the LIBOR scandal is not fully known.
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But the radiation deaths will likely be a number so small, compared with the tsunami deaths, that they should not be a central consideration in policy decisions.
Whilst research in more recent years has begun to move away from focusing on the successes or failures of a small number of generals, the diary has remained central to an understanding of not just the role played by Haig, but of the British Army, her generals and her allies.
"In helping other folks, I'm also helping myself because, then, not having this thing that I kind of was very careful to keep to myself and a very small number of people, I don't have to worry about that anymore, " said Ms. Quinn, who aspires to be the city's first female and first openly gay mayor.
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The number is small compared to Iphones and Androids sold today, but it is not a bad start.
In its most recent report, Audit Scotland said that, in a small number of cases patients were inappropriately marked as unavailable for treatment, but could not say whether these were deliberate because of a lack of information available.
There is a huge divide over law, religion, politics etc and just because a small number of terrorists go around bombing and killing innocent children, women and men does not mean we should then hand over the homes and livelihoods of hard working decent people to thugs.
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