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In the mid 1990s, Mr Persson shepherded the country through a painful consolidation of the public finances, not unlike the fiscal consolidation the euro area's indebted governments will soon have to endure.
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Painful practices such as waxing - not only of legs but also underarms and pubic area - have become near-compulsory for young women, alongside dieting, eyebrow threading, spray tans, false lashes, stilettos and visits to the nail bar and the hair salon.
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Even as Germany, the biggest euro-area economy, has picked up speed, Spain (like Ireland) is suffering a painful property bust.
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