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and for my looks, I would like to be innocent with a little bad and bad with a little innocent. am I afflicting you?

It would if it struck just as America's economy was slowing sharply and as weakness was afflicting both western Europe and Japan.

He blessed its existence, he told me, because he could look up information on multiple sclerosis- the terrible disease afflicting his wife.

A number of our fellow economists do share with us a sense of general malaise afflicting contemporary microeconomic theory.

Increasing food prices are not the only problem afflicting the poor.

top Violent crime is only one of the maladies afflicting modern society.

Violent crime is only one of the maladies afflicting modern society.

Tunnel trouble is only one of the woes afflicting the book trade.

Just as with chest pains, the malaise afflicting Europe's banks should not be left untreated.

Even if it works perfectly, the damage will continue for months, if not longer, afflicting sea and bird life, beaches, fishing and tourism.

MANY Japanese businessmen will tell you that the biggest problem afflicting their country is lack of political leadership.

But this risk will be tempered by the slowdown already afflicting the American economy and heading across the Atlantic.

OF ALL the blights afflicting the sea, carbon dioxide is just one. Man has used the oceans as a dustbin for far too long.

Environmental pollution is afflicting many cities and towns all over the world.

All the dreadful afflicting things that I saw there, joined to make the place seem an emblem of hell itself.

But pre-race nerves this year are afflicting the sport as a whole as much as the drivers themselves.

The oil catastrophe afflicting the Gulf of Mexico underscores just how dangerous offshore oil exploration can be.

But the increasingly acute personnel bottlenecks afflicting the Obama administration are likely to continue for weeks if not months.

The base case remains that growth will be strong enough for China to muddle through the various stresses afflicting its economy.

The treaty is certainly not going to solve all the troubles afflicting the oceans, nor settle all the world's maritime disputes.

In many accounts, the BBC's current agonies are integrated with the pervasive apprehension afflicting the TV industry.

Infection by the human papilloma virus is the most common sexually transmitted agent, afflicting 50-80% of the population.

A third drought in a decade is afflicting the countries in the Horn of Africa.

For some, the bond-market woes afflicting Greece and other European countries provide real reason for worry.

In Portugal a decade of wretchedly low growth testified to problems afflicting the whole economy.

China acknowledged "urgent problems" afflicting the Three Gorges Dam.

This acne is dreadful, so I'm afraid some other ailment are afflicting me.

Yet the malaise afflicting its most important industry is almost entirely man-made.

Soaring temperatures are afflicting areas from Massachusetts to Virginia, with some spots hitting 39. 5C (103F).

It seems that I am afflicting myself.

Investigation and analysis of the kinds of diseases afflicting outpatients

A new scourge is afflicting the rich