Word: hurtfulness
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...Asia has fixed many of its own problems. But by being voracious buyers of U.S. government debt, the region is allowing America to live beyond its means. At some point the U.S. consumer is going to run out of steam and Asia is going to be hurt. China is especially vulnerable to being whipsawed. If the U.S. economy slows modestly, China and the region can handle the adjustment without too much pain, especially if they take the stiff medicine of currency appreciation and shift to a policy of increased domestic demand. The danger will occur if the U.S. slumps badly...
...Treasure, it sounds like money slipping away. "The soundscape is brutal," he says. "You're not likely to stick around here for a second cup." As head of the Sound Agency, a consultancy in London, Treasure wants companies to tune into the realization that making the wrong noise can hurt business. "Sound changes moods," he explains, "yet most of the sound around us is unplanned...
After scoring 48 points against Detroit in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals, how badly did your back hurt? Carrying an entire team on your back had to be painful. Pete Frayser, MEMPHIS, TENN...
...really didn't hurt. I haven't sat down and dissected that game yet, but I've heard conversations. Almost everyone I talk to remembers that game, so I am guessing it was a great performance...
...dialogue and communication is there now." He says he has been negotiating with the gangs in Wanganui, and claims to exercise a benign influence on gang affairs, despite having once been told, he claims, that police thought he was the largest amphetamines dealer in New Zealand. "I was so hurt by that," he says, "not just me, but for my family and my larger family. But I can honestly tell you that crime has dropped 80% in Hastings since I became president...