The second reason for our low threshold of tax pain lies deeper: We have allowed our fiscal debates to be framed in a way that highlights only the pain of opening our wallets.

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But health experts in California reckon the pain will go deeper than that.

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For much of the play, Jack is just a sounding board for Robert and an incentive for him to dig deeper and deeper into the pain of his past.

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My injury has given me a deeper sense of compassion, especially for people in pain.

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