The positions remained the same, but the US was once again a painful market to be in for anyone that isn't Apple or Samsung.
There is some evidence that Saddam Hussein made plans to make the occupation of the country he once ruled as painful as possible for its invaders.
The Berlin Wall once stood as a painful barrier between family and friends, a dark symbol of oppression and stifled liberties.
Almost as painful, once bosses put their firm into insolvency they must usually hand over the reins of power to a court-appointed bankruptcy expert whereas in America managers who bust the firm often stay on.
Online application services like Common App make it easier to apply to multiple colleges at once, making the application process less painful than it used to be, and one of the reasons why colleges are seeing more and more applications.
But it has been a painful transition to the people who once crowded the trading floors of lower Manhattan.
And once they get out, usually due to painful losses, they tend to stay away from another relationship with the market for very long periods, like those who have been on the sidelines since the big bear market plunge of 2008 and early last year, not enticed back in for even part of the new bull market that began early last year.
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The collapse of such a well-known lender would dent confidence among ordinary Koreans, who are once again enjoying relatively good economic times after the painful years of the Asian financial crisis and the 2001-02 recession.
Though the cuts were deep and painful, they were not as bad as once feared.
Kunhadi has once again dared to speak out against irresponsible driving by highlighting the painful reality behind it.
Actually, Tyrion has a particularly painful reason to visit his father, who has not once visited him when he was recovering from his wounds.
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Once Greece goes, most analyses of the exit process say it will be painful but containable, as long as it does not spread.
As painful and humbling as it may be, America needs to do what a once-dominant business or sports team would do when the tide turns: study the ingredients of its competitors' success.
These were tough times and seeing many friends and families suffer because they couldn't visit their elderly mothers more than once every three years, or being prevented from sending them needed supplies, was very painful.
We don't mind making it painful for users to sign into their device if they only have to do it once.
However, it was painful for DELL to strip back the fixed costs associated with its desktop operating model that once gave it strength.
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