He says French officials are smarting from the expected imminent loss of their cherished AAA rating.
Now for its part, Argentina is still smarting from its economic meltdown in 2000.
McIlroy's side are still smarting from a 5-0 home defeat by Spain in their last friendly international.
Of course, Mr McCain, still smarting from the bitter primary campaign, says he does not want the job.
Carolina was still smarting from a 0-4 mark against the Islanders last season.
When I drop by, he is still smarting from the environmentalists' scathing attacks.
McGeady said he was still smarting from his penalty miss as Celtic dropped two points against the SPL basement side.
The SEC, still smarting from its failure to unearth Mr Madoff's alleged tricks, began probing Stanford as far back as 2006.
The ending has a mournful air: the team returned to a studio still smarting from a bitter strike, and then to war.
Mr Rajoy, smarting from his election defeat, was happy to support them.
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But players smarting from his tongue and temper greatly admired his musicianship.
Graeme Smith opted to bat first after winning the toss, with his side still smarting from their 1-0 defeat in the Test series.
Still smarting from the loss of 454, he made sure this time to retain a supervoting share majority so he couldn't be forced out.
Indian sport is still smarting from the debacle of last year's Commonwealth Games, when several teams threatened to pull out because of unfinished or substandard facilities.
Indian sport is still smarting from the debacle of last year's Commonwealth Games in Delhi, when several teams threatened to pull out because of unfinished or substandard facilities.
They were smarting from studies (including a couple from the Federal Reserve) concluding that these two "government-sponsored enterprises" had little or no positive impact on helping the housing market.
For their part, Rwanda went into into the match against Somalia smarting from their 4-0 defeat to Uganda in their tournament's opening match but romped to a 3-0 win.
They go to the south of France again this weekend in the Challenge Cup still smarting from Sunday's defeat at Castleford, though Langley insists the players are far from downbeat.
Smarting from criticism that it had turned a blind eye to loose budgets and an unsustainable fixed exchange rate, the Fund's staff were determined not to conclude yet another weak deal.
However, he was still smarting from an overrule when facing break point in the second set, when the line judge mistakenly called a Federer shot long and the Swiss lost the replayed point.
New Rutgers basketball coach Eddie Jordan is not a graduate of the university as the school had claimed, another embarrassment for an athletic program still smarting from the firing of previous coach Mike Rice.
And while the one-time superstar might be smarting from such an ignominious end to the season, he might take heart from knowing that another New York A Rod has got it a whole lot worse than he does.
But President Joseph Estrada, smarting from what he considers excessively critical coverage of his administration, says that he will in future refuse to talk to journalists, limiting his contact with the media to appearances on live radio shows.
Still smarting from what they regarded as unfair treatment in the earlier Uruguay round of trade talks which were concluded in 1994, they moaned about the iniquities of past trade deals and focused on minimising their responsibilities in the Doha round.
That would help rehabilitate his image with investors who are still smarting from Compaq's surprise disclosure of excess inventory earlier this year, from which its stock has yet to recover: Compaq shares recently traded at about 14 times estimated 1999 earnings, compared with Dell Computer Corp. at 50 times forward earnings.
Rossi is still smarting and sore from losing the title last year and I think this year's challenge will centre around those two.
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Flanker Richard Parks, still smarting after being omitted from Wales' World Cup plans, starts on the bench, but Jon Bryant and Gareth Wyatt play after representing Wales against Romania.
Hashim, an avid collector of antiques, is also smarting over a scandal involving smuggled Javanese statues that he bought from a Dutch art dealer in 2006.
If you are smarting over a 40% whack in your stock portfolio over the past year, take consolation from the government's plight.
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