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Just as he finished congratulating himself on his innocent ruse he was bumped hard by one of his opponents.

"I practiced very, very hard by myself, standing in front of a mirror, trying to enunciate without contorting my face, " he said.

And I practiced very, very hard by myself, standing in front of a mirror, trying to annunciate without contorting my face.

Yeltsin got hit hard by the old Communists, who said he had caved in to me on the important issues.

While it did not suffer a western-style financial crisis, it was hit hard by the second-order effects, as exports suddenly collapsed.

Financial, commodity and materials sectors were all hit hard by fears of escalating government debt problems in Greece, Portugal and Spain.

Hit hard by the recession, GE is in the throes of scaling down its financial services subsidiary, GE Capital, by an estimated 40%.

One often overlooked region likely to be hit hard by the price increases is Central Asia, Abbassian said.

Employees and team members feel in control of their own destiny, and so are motivated to work hard by more than just a financial reward.

President Obama made his remarks in the Midwestern state of Ohio, a state hit hard by the recession.

Even those economies with tight trade links to Japan aren't likely to be hit terribly hard by the disruptions.

Central and Eastern European economies were hit especially hard by the crisis. And their problems are far from over.

Emerging market currencies have been hit hard by liquidity concerns in Europe, and authorities are starting to act to stem the weakness.

Hamas, though hit hard by the air and ground campaign, remains the de facto force within the coastal enclave.

Nevertheless, so far they have been hit less hard by the credit crunch than rich nations were.

Sub-Saharan Africa was not hit as hard by the economic crisis as the other regions of the world because its financial sector is small.

After years of rapid economic growth, Russia was hit hard by the crisis.

Hard by the bay was the abomination, the slave market at her door.

The mayor of Tuscaloosa Alabama. His city was hit hard by severe weather and tornadoes that whipped across the southern U. S. last week.

Some sectors, like IT, real estate and securities, have been hit hard by the crisis and have begun to cut jobs.

Investors have been hit hard by the current crisis. Lessons are being learned and investment strategies revised.

Steelmakers have been hit hard by the global slowdown in sales of everything from appliances and autos to construction.

Gateway has been hit hard by a combination of fierce price competition and a sluggish market for PCs in the US.

Sony, like other Japanese manufacturers, has seen its profits hit hard by the rise of the yen against the dollar and the euro.

African-Americans have been hit hard by the economy, with black unemployment at 13. 6 percent, almost double the rate of whites.

John worked hard by day as a lawyer and went to the parties and dances every night; he was burning the candle at both ends.

We are hit hard by both our own weary self-control as well as the exhausting empathy we apparently have for everyone else's self-control.

Blackstone was hit hard by the credit squeeze, posting a net loss of $113m due to a non-cash charge related to its initial public offering.

Hit hard by the downturn, car makers in Western Europe and the U. S. are increasingly looking towards emerging markets for their salvation.

Plus, the government is drafting another policy package to help nine key industrial sectors hit hard by the global economic downturn.

Admittedly, with the local economy already hit hard by the recession, the expense is not exactly welcome.

Once the glory of the economy, the City of London has been hit hard by the credit crunch and its sequel.

Japanese stocks, hit hard by the recent global market turmoil, have gradually recovered thanks partly to continued yen weakness.

They were hit hard by the near-collapse of global credit markets and the dramatic destocking by shell-shocked firms.

However, unlike credit-card firms, the company doesn't lend money, so it wasn't hit very hard by the 2008 credit crisis.

Although Germany's exporters have been hit hard by the global crisis, domestic demand has held up well.

In the United States, libraries are largely funded by local governments, many of which have been hit hard by the recession.

Japan's Nikkei stock average was hit especially hard by the rising value of the yen, which will hurt the exporting sector.

Low rates in the U. S. and other economies hit hard by the financial crisis aren't having the same effect.

Toyota has been hit hard by the global recession and is currently operating multi-billion dollar losses.

In Higashi-Matsushima, a coastal town in Miyagi Prefecture that was hit hard by the tsunami, fishermen are doing more than just rebuilding.

Only in southern China, hit particularly hard by the collapse in exports, do prices remain below their prior peaks.

A. The landlord forced the farm hands to work hard. B. The farm hands were forced to work hard by the landlord.

Home Depot has been hit especially hard by the housing slowdown, but it is not alone in rethinking its expansion plans.

But the news is not so positive for their open economies, which have been hit hard by falling exports.

The company was hit hard by the recession.

No public sanitation existed, so the neighborhood was hit especially hard by the recent cholera epidemic.

The move comes as Lenovo attempts to reduce its over-reliance on corporate business, which has been hit hard by the global economic crisis.

But it's bashing the buck hard by buying euros, keeping the yuan relatively weak on a trade-weighted basis.

It's true that budgets in both Ireland and Nevada have been hit extremely hard by the slump.

which a predecessor of ours at the farm built in the meadow hard by the deepest pool for swimming and diving.

The state will be hit hard by the weak real estate market, falling government revenue and the Hollywood writers' strike.

Dependent on steel, fertiliser and chemical exports, Ukraine has been hit hard by the global slump in commodity prices.

Other export-oriented economies are also likely to get hit hard by another recession.

The poll shows most people expect to be hit hard by the consequences of recession in 2009.

We laughed so hard by all the pranks he tried to pull.

The U. S. auto industry was hit hard by the recession.

The reason is simple: with most fish populations nowadays hit hard by over-fishing, fewer fishermen will mean more fish.

RussianRussia is a major wheat exporter. But crops have been hit hard by the record heat this summer.

Germany's economy has bounced back strongly after being hit hard by the economic recession.

At the same time Waitrose, which many analysts had thought would be hit hard by the economic downturn, has prospered.

This year southern and central Somalia were hit hard by drought and famine, along with conflict. Now, there's another problem.

It's a region that's been hit hard by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as tourists sub stayed away in droves.

Domestic abuse services are being hit hard by the cuts, and many campaign groups will be on Saturday's march.

The industry as a whole has been hit hard by the economic recession.

Like copper, oil prices were hit hard by spring fears about weakness in Europe.

The supermarkets and consumers have been hit hard by inflation.

Its manufacturers have therefore been hit hard by the slump in American demand.

Despite its impressive economic record Indonesia was hit very hard by the Asian financial crisis from mid-1997.

Emerging economies are being hit hard by weakening exports and the collapse of private capital flows.

The United States, in turn, has been hit hard by the crisis.

Like many financial institutions, ShoreBank was hit hard by America's housing bust.

A poor young man can't satisfy the material girl, so he works hard by hook or by crook.

But crops have been hit hard by the record heat this summer.

More generally eastern Europe has been hit hard by the reversal of private capital flows.

Japan's economy, still struggling after the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, has been hit hard by the falling U. S. dollar.

The other group that was hit really hard by the currency revaluation was Chinese traders.

B: No way, I just encourage boys to work hard by asking them more questions in class.

Prius sales have been hit hard by that combination of factors.

He tells VOA he just returned from northeastern Kenya, an area hit hard by dry conditions.

The United States has been hit hard by the crisis.

That's why I'll create an Advanced Manufacturing Fund to invest in places hit hard by job loss.

But Mr. Obama went on to stress these are also tough times for Americans hit hard by the nation's economic ills.

Overall, philanthropic giving has been hit hard by the weak economy.

There is a little city hard by in which there is a garden of tulip- trees.

built in the meadow hard by the deepest pool for swimming and diving.

Hard by a great forest dwelt a wood-cutter with his wife, who had an only child, a little girl three years old.

Japan has been hit hard by falling demand for its cars and consumer electronics products.

The Philippines, the world's largest importer of rice, has been hit hard by the surge in rice prices.

We are pushed to work hard by the current job hunting situation.

Yet one just needs to look at the news today to know that corporations are getting hit hard by all manners of malfeasant code.

TINY Iceland was hit uniquely hard by the credit crisis.

industrial cities hit hard by unemployment.

They will also travel to Ofunato, a city hit hard by the earthquake and tsunami, to conduct a clinic for 70 young people.

Ethiopia has been hit particularly hard by price increases, with inflation rates for food reaching 40 percent.

More important, Britain will be hit hard by the credit crunch.

Bulgari has been hit hard by the slowdown because of its reliance on big-ticket jewellery and watches.

The farmers were hit hard by the drought last winter.

hard by the deepest pool for swimming and diving.

Learn hard by heart these english words and sentences.

Hamas is seeking a ceasefire because it has been hit hard by Israeli sanctions and military incursions .

Foreclosures continue to rise in Florida and other U. S. states hit hard by the real estate crisis.

Not every sector has been hit equally hard by the downturn, according to the survey.

Parents often try to goad their children into studying hard by using the teenager heroes in the past.

Former No. 1 Carlos Slim hit hard by Mexican political, financial chaos.

The farmers were hit hard by the drought.

Japan and South Korea have been hit hard by the economic slowdown. There are signs that it is having an impact in China too.

The city of Mianyang was hit hard by the May 12 earthquake.

The IEEE 802. 16 series standards which are studied hard by now could meet the requirement completely.

Beijing has announced a Rmb4, 000 ($586bn) stimulus plan after its exports-powered economy was hit hard by weak global demand.

he lived hard by the cathedral.

Riyad, 19, is from the northern town of Beit Lahia, from Al Atatra, an area that was hit hard by the recent Israeli incursion into Gaza.

The house stands hard by the river.

They were hard by each other.

He was hit hard by the car.

Toyota has been hit hard by a recent wave of labor unrest in China.

You would think that some teams have been hit very hard by the World Cup.

Like fellow global miners Rio, Anglo American and Xstrata, BHP was hit hard by the weakening US dollar last year.

Developing countries were hit hard by the 2008-09 recession and would be hit hard again if there were another developed world contraction.

The Mexican economy was hit hard by the slump that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers last year.

Myanmar, one of the world's poorest countries, was hit hard by Cyclone Nargis on May 2 last year.

Hard by the school stood a big bookstore.

Recall that California was one of the first states to be hit hard by the downturn in housing;

I not only persisted to learn English very hard by myself, but also was preparing carefully for the Suizhou English Co-learning Team.

Like most auto suppliers, Lear has been hit hard by the collapse in new car sales, posting a net loss of $689. 9 million last year.

an unhappy cur, chained to a dog-house hard by, uttered something every now and then between a bark and a yelp;

Our country has been hit hard by the HIV epidemic and other preventable diseases and there is a lot of work to be done.

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China's diamond industry was also hit hard by the financial crisis

Citi has been hit hard by the credit crunch, recording two consecutive quarterly losses

From the tree hard by with a rhythmic swing

The tourism industry has been hit hard by Thailand's political chaos,

it's been hit hard by the worldwide slump in demand

'Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn,

Against the hard by my hardness

Under summer sun hard by your side