Word: paines
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...last? Poor Venezuelans know from experience the pain of the bust that follows a boom, and with oil hovering around $40 a barrel some of Chávez's socialist agenda will surely face cuts after the referendum. Many people have begun asking why the radical who so boldly stands up to the U.S. can't confront the violent crime that plagues the country and leaves scores dead each weekend. "I know in my heart that life is better here than it was 10 years ago," says Tobías Caravallo, 42, who owns an electronics repair shop...
...term-limits question to the polls again before the drop in oil prices hammers the economy and shrinks his checkbook. Inflation is more than 30%, and the country faces shortages of staples such as milk. Chávez insists his government has stored away reserves to cushion the looming pain and recently pledged that "even if the price of oil drops to zero," the social largesse will keep flowing...
...conditions and treatment for laborers, Huerta represents the family who spent days in the fields under the scorching sun with no place to use the restroom or drink clean water. She represents the mother who labored tirelessly to send her children to school and the child who saw the pain and suffering of the family. She represents the generations who fought hard so that one day their children and children’s children could be in a better position to help the world in their own right...
...Japan, too, numerous companies have publicly announced their intention to minimize layoffs, even as the economy's outlook gets uglier. Air-conditioner maker Daikin plans to reduce investment in new equipment and carmaker Mazda has implemented pay cuts to minimize layoffs. "We need to share the pain with all," Mazda CEO Takashi Yamanouchi recently told reporters...
There are roughly 32,000 suicides every year in the U.S., almost twice the 18,000 homicides recorded each year. Even these figures are just a hint of the nation's psychic pain. There are an estimated 800,000 attempted suicides every year, with the elderly and teenagers or college-age kids the most vulnerable. And survivors - currently numbering somewhere between 10 and 20 million - are at a higher risk for subsequent attempts...