Word: paines
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...overwhelming success of the shows is due to the support of the home crowd. However, performing at home brings along its stresses, much like a family reunion. Kelly called it a “double-edged sword”: “It’s a pain in the ass playing at home, because of all your friends and relatives. There are literally 200 family members between the seven of us. It’s overwhelming. But on the reverse of that, some of your most fervent supporters are here, so it’s nice to come back...
...practice dunks went horribly awry in mid-air and he ended up flat on his back. The pain lingers, and now Pat has already gotten as close as he’ll get to playing in the NCAAs—watching from the sidelines as his Eagles lost to Texas last week...
...have one of the world's strongest conventional fighting forces ranged against an enemy armed only with assault rifles, homemade bombs, mortars and rockets, but that asymmetry is reversed when it comes to political will, he writes. The readiness of Palestinian militants to die in order to inflict pain is mirrored in growing doubts among Israelis over the purpose of putting their own troops in harm's way in the West Bank and Gaza. "Every day Israeli soldiers weep over their dead comrades," says Van Creveld. "Every day the parents of Palestinian suicide bombers proudly display their children's pictures...
...hopeful each time, because for nearly two decades Oprah has brought us nothing but pain and heartache. Oprah is the opiate of the female masses, teaching them to build self-esteem by confronting the past and setting goals instead of feeling good the old-fashioned way: by having casual sex. She encourages women to look inside and "find their passion" without once entertaining the possibility that this passion might be fed with lots of sleeping around. Worse yet, she sets all these ridiculous expectations about reading once a month...
...grandmothers, young women, and little girls, all retaining a kind of beauty or strength despite their weathered surfaces. They are not disconsolate or even depressed—they are thoughtful and surviving, many of them even smiling. One does not feel pity for these women, but one feels their pain...