The second shock feels less painful, because you get a bit used to it.

The Blueprints scenario is less painful, even if the start is more disorderly.

That looks painful.

But on particularly sensitiveissues, it was not always possible toreach the required unanimous decision.

The first shock hurts like hell.

But climbing out will be difficult and painful.

A bee sting can be very painful.

But this route is going to be costly and painful.

In short, fiscal consolidation would be both easier and less painful if Greece had its own monetary policy.

The process of developing newly formed States might have been less painful if the former system in the USSR had not been so oppressive.

We have engaged in a process of reflection, which at times has been painful.

The slow recovery from the recession may be even worse.

That might be the most painful experience in my life.

History has often been painful, and especially so for the Baltic nations.

Ukraine apos s transition to a market economy had been particularly painful.

It does not have to be nasty, scary or painful.

Cutting welfare spending where the big money is would be painful.

Of course, the process would be traumatic and not just for Greece.

No, ... he cast the old man full of cares.

But not admitting it is bound to prove even more painful in the long run.

A default would be painful but so would any other solution.

The victims of recent acts of terrorism painfully remind us to move forward.

Instead of insisting on replicating our failures, the world needs to adopt new approaches that treat the disease of drug use, instead of criminalizing it. Otherwise, we will all remain addicted to a failed drug war.

Otherwise, we will all remain addicted to a failed drug war.

However, the young king, never a healthy child, died in Acre in the summer of 1186.

I mean, does it have to be this painful, top down process?

East Asia's crisis of 1997 provided the first hit. Partly because of IMF mismanagement, this became a global financial crisis, raising interest rates for all emerging markets including Argentina.

East Asia's crisis of 1997 provided the first hit.

Some people found this so traumatic they erased it from their memories.

Tom couldn't think of Mary without remembering how painful their breakup had been.

Hurricane Katrina has been a sad, painful example of the consequences brought when man ignores these realities.

The act of a master taking painful contemptuous possession of her, was the kind of rapture she wanted.

It cannot be denied, however, that the path to acknowledging their existence and value can be painful.

Fraught by political pressures, financial disagreements and other complexities, the process was painstaking and expensive.

However, thousands of former political prisoners in central and eastern Europe can attest to the fact that a kick from a secret policeman on the street hurts just as much as a kick from a warden behind prison gates.

But waging a serious war requires a serious reorganization of Russia's power structures, which will be very painful.

Russia is again on a tear. This time, the Kremlin has stuck its finger in the West s eye over the long and painful effort to bring Kosovo to formal independence.

So 2009 will be a painful year of global recession and further financial stresses, losses, and bankruptcies.

Member States were urged to consider methods to alleviate the problems of making the painful transition to a post disarmament world.

International finance economists see a financial crisis as likely, followed by a painful and perhaps prolonged recession in the United States.

The looming accession process will be even more painful, but Turkey s people are firmly resolved to face this challenge.

And, though the transition will undoubtedly be painful, it is essential to Brazil s future economic growth and development.

We should also remind ourselves that peacemaking may be a slow and painful process.

It will be complicated, expensive, long term and perhaps even painful, but in our opinion absolutely necessary.

My eyes are sometimes so weak and painful that I have to shut myself up in the dark for hours together.