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The dollar continued to take the brunt of investors' ire over the situation in the U.

The currency that bore the brunt was the yen. It jumped nearly 60% in a year, undermining Japanese growth.

You had the brunt of my being a new mom, trying to be perfect and learning with you along the way.

In the short term, import tends to bear the brunt of the trade account's adjustment because exports respond only with a lag.

Winifred, who had borne the brunt of him for exactly twenty-one years, had never really believed that he would do what he now DID.

This time around, online companies are widely expected to benefit, with traditional media bearing the brunt of any downturns in advertising.

Poorer people, who tend to depend more on natural resources, will bear the brunt as they will not be able to compete with the rich.

Sometimes it takes simply saying it aloud or writing it down to realize that you actually no longer need to bear the brunt of it.

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They bore the brunt of the violence a year ago, even if there were armed pro-Thaksin provocateurs.

And once the war began, Europe would be the first to bear the brunt of it.

Whatever might be its effect, she must bear the brunt of it again that very day.

I have tried to make this point clear today because you have to work in the front lines, bearing the brunt of all difficulties.

The Prince's Trust recently warned of the start of a "long and downward" spiral for a generation facing the brunt of the recession.

Only a few countries, like India, Indonesia, and Thailand, are feeling the brunt of the pandemic, right now.

The result was that African farmers bore the risk of farming and absorbed the brunt of wild fluctuations in prices.

Japan bore the brunt of Chinese belligerence in September 2010, when a Chinese fishing trawler rammed one of its coast guard boats.

August is proving to be a particularly bloody month, with the urban poor and rural dwellers taking the brunt of earlier attacks.

South Padre Island, Texas escaped the brunt of that storm but still took a pretty big hit.

The shirt Rukia had been wearing, borrowed from Yuzu's closet, had luckily taken the 'brunt of the blow, ' so to speak.

There's no doubt Africans have borne the brunt of the AIDS epidemic.

But the brunt of the force would be absorbed by connecting plates between the shafts, called shear links.

Banks, brokers and insurance companies, all big holders of these bonds, bore the brunt of the selling, falling more than 10% overall.

Security issues, JavaScript errors and inexplicable CSS rendering quirks have made it the brunt of many jokes.

China, as the biggest saver, should bear the brunt of such a shift.

The fjords and islands of Chilean Patagonia take the brunt of the prevailing westerlies that wail across the southern seas.

Instead, banks will likely bear the brunt through increased reserve requirements and a prolonged clampdown on lending.

Hence, the softer tone to Asian currencies and commodity currencies which appear to be bearing the brunt of the rebound in the USD.

U. S. military spending as the cost of large, more sophisticated weapons and military R & D projects in this plan bear the brunt of cuts.

The neighboring provinces of Hubei, Anhui, Henan and Jiangxi have taken the brunt of the snowstorm that affected most parts of China.

This has also occurred in recent years in the Arab World, largely as a result of the brunt of neo-liberal reforms and rising food prices.

Indonesia has felt the brunt of its rage: one of the two hotels hit last week, the JW Marriott, was bombed in 2003.

Nearly all segments of the mar ket have been affected, although traditional carriers and hotels are bearing the brunt of the slowdown.

Although the brunt of the work is done with a casting rod, specific situations call for spinning gear.

You certainly should not be the brunt of his or her ill treatment.

As England is saved by a storm that shipwrecks the French reinforcements, so storms saved England from the brunt of the Spanish Armada.

The commodities market, in particular, will bear the brunt of a China economic deceleration, said Faber.

After absorbing the brunt of seismic shaking however the compromised structures often must be demolished.

With the improvement of living standards, there was increasing emphasis on quality of life, daily bear the brunt.

Global markets are highly volatile and too often the poor bear the brunt of exchange rate and interest rate changes.

The brunt of the blast is projected straight ahead, forcing a powerful spike of metal, usually copper, into and through the armour.

For now, China has been able to avoid the brunt of this reversal.

As the identification is bear the brunt of insider detection, it goes without saying the significance of insider identification.

As the Japanese recession has worsened, younger workers have taken the brunt of wage cuts and layoffs, especially in manufacturing.

Significant depreciation of the dollar trend, countries (U. S. dollars) foreign exchange reserves, will bear the brunt of face shrink.

Earlier this year in Strasburg, Obama acknowledged that the US bears the brunt of the responsibility for climate change.

Unlucky that I was, I had to bear the brunt of the ridicule which was more properly the due of the vagaries of English spelling.

The brunt of her argument was directed at the trade union leader.

The Home Office is among those departments bearing the brunt of the cuts, and police pay is being looked at in a separate review.

There is nothing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course: a quiet conscience.

Bear the brunt of the financial system in Europe, the European Union country on its guard.

Normally it would be placed behind the helmet so it wouldn't face the brunt of the blast.

As the public face of China Inc, CIC also bore the brunt of foreign suspicion of Chinese state investment.

Spending will bear the brunt of the additional cuts, although David Cameron has ring fenced the National Health Service from real cuts.

Not that the rural poor would wish for more expensive oil -- their fertiliser prices go up -- but wealthier urbanites bear the brunt.

During the last two recessions, those in their mid-40s to mid-50s showed employment gains, while younger workers bore the brunt of cutbacks.

We ought to provide continued tax relief for middle class families who have borne the brunt of the recession.

Unfortunately domestic fowl, which have borne the brunt so far of the H5N1 virus's spread, come under the ministry's aegis.

America's deficit problem is in essence a spending problem, so spending must bear the brunt of adjustment.

As the previous macro-control more real estate to bear the brunt, the imposition of macro-control in the same country estate.

Christchurch's older, colonial-era buildings in the most "English" of New Zealand's cities had borne the brunt of September's earthquake.

But even with multinational support, it should not have to shoulder the brunt of this conflict.

Across Asia women are bearing the brunt of the global economic downturn as export manufacturers shed workers.

Rent is rising in cities across China, and young Chinese are feeling the brunt of this worrying trend.

However, the brunt of the recession will be borne by the hotels' owners rather than the chains that manage and franchise them.

The financial crisis attacks the economic entity, the Foreign trade enterprise export trade suffers injury bears the brunt.

When it comes to climate change negotiations, rich countries receive the brunt of the criticism.

But with less aggressive monetary tightening, corporate profit margins will bear the brunt of higher input prices instead.

In other words, the poor and elderly are to bear the brunt of budget reductions.

This is especially the case having just been through the brunt of a financial crisis that is likely to be judged the most virulent ever.

Miyagi, Fukushima and Iwate prefectures further north bore the brunt of the damage from the shock and the ensuing tsunami.

Mr Blankfein, whose bank has become a lightning rod for public anger at Wall Street, bore the brunt of the panel's questions.

Outages cause headaches for telecom carriers, which tend to bear the brunt of the customer complaints.

Both parties are full of miscreant MPs; but Labour has borne the brunt of the public's fury.

On the Asian continent, as on the Eastern Front, an Allied partner, China, carried the brunt of the fighting.

Indeed, small-business owners of Indian descent bore the brunt of this month's outburst.

And accountants love measurable; so hopefully the offline world will take the brunt of the hit.

The brunt of the storm hit Myanmar's delta region, the country's bread basket. It wiped out crops, shrimp farms and fish ponds.

He says some of the people in surrounding cars were hurt badly, but it was mostly the bus that took the brunt of the explosion.

The overall market was still hurting, but gold and silver took the brunt of the punishment.

Everyone assumes the brunt of a bailout will fall on the Germans and the French.

And who will bear the brunt of these cuts? America's children.

"The muscles on that side are taking the brunt of your weight and stress, " warns Queiros.

This study suggests that younger people may be bearing the brunt of economic recovery.

These exhausted men carried the brunt of the war.

Now relatively unskilled youngsters are bearing the brunt of the recession.

Debt and equity holders will bear the brunt of it .

For the first time since the crisis started, emerging markets bore the brunt of fears.

Of course, the brunt of the costs of injury and death is borne by soldiers and their families.

The RMB revaluation already was ultimately, the influence bore the brunt to the textile industry.

Though the city and its 2, 600 cherry trees escaped the brunt of the damage, far fewer visitors are expected this season.

This newspaper has long argued that spending should bear the brunt, while accepting that taxes must also play a part.

She had to bear the brunt of the criticisms.

And the enterprise is the subject of emissions, so enterprise bearing the brunt.

He absorbed the brunt of a Dwyane Wade drive, and got up hobbling .

Balochistan's capital, Quetta, was spared the brunt of the force, but there were injuries.

GM's UK, Belgian and Spanish employees would bear the brunt of those losses in the rescue, according to figures floated by Magna.

Original paragraph: Women are still paid less than men , and they still bear the brunt of childrearing and housework.

These younger workers have borne the brunt of the recent downturn: youth unemployment now stands at 29%.

Developed markets experienced combined outflows of $51bn, with western Europe funds bearing the brunt.

Shelter said tenants in many rural areas were also bearing the brunt of high rents and low earnings.

Once again a powerful earthquake, and once again it's the northeast coast of Japan that has borne the brunt.

Midstream and downstream processors of raw materials will bear the brunt of higher costs.

When prices of staples soar, the poor bear the brunt.

And these people are the people who take the brunt of it.

Portugal and Spain have felt the brunt of contagion from Greece but the wider impact on risk appetite remains limited.

As one of traditional export products with comparative advantages in China, agriculture products bear the brunt of TBT.

The districts that took the brunt of the rioting on Monday night were not sink estates.

Your banks should bear the brunt of it.

Base metals in particular have borne the brunt of investors de-risking portfolios.

Parents bore the brunt of paying for college, followed by scholarships and grants.

Otherwise, financial companies bore the brunt of the day's sell-off.

Oh, and the brunt of those cuts in public spending is falling on education.

The youth stand to bear the brunt of this economic downturn.

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As a middle school students, we want to bear the brunt of the civilization a break.

Kenya has borne the brunt of the pressure. Eighteen Somalis are serving long prison sentences there and more than 100 are awaiting trial.

Those bearing the brunt are, inevitably, exporters to the US and other dollar-denominated markets.

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Bank share prices once again bore the brunt of the equity market sell-off.

There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course: a quiet conscience.

As we mentioned earlier, precious metals have taken the brunt of the selling.

It is the first time an HIV-prevention method controlled by women, who bear the brunt of the epidemic in Africa, has been shown to work.

Bore the brunt of the tourism industry should be.

In Africa, small farmers bear the brunt of this risk.

A crowd of people standing at the entrance to the ground bore the brunt of the blast.

Property stocks, in particular, could take the brunt of the rate-increase news when markets in China open.

I had to bear the brunt of his anger.

Somalia is also bearing the brunt of the measles epidemic, which is sweeping through the Horn of Africa.

Too many are caught in conflict, women and children are bearing the brunt.

Indian troops bore the brunt of the Burma campaigns.

They highlight how manufacturers continue to bear the brunt of the slowdown, with exporters such as Germany and Japan the worst affected.

But it is Peru that often bears the brunt of El Niñ o (the last one cost it $3. 5 billion).

In sheer numbers, Asia bears the brunt of the epidemic.

The US, which is feeling the brunt of the global recession, normally buys about half of all polished diamonds sold.

But for high-tech manufacturers, who bore the brunt of last summer's wage hikes, the effect has been minimal.

The rains came late this year in the Irrawaddy Delta, which bore the brunt of a 2008 cyclone that killed over 130, 000.

Schools will bear the brunt of cuts in government spending.

They're the ones bearing the brunt of the recession.

That may be happening in America, where hourly wage growth is well below inflation; the brunt of the oil shock has been borne by workers.

The cruel irony is that many of those bearing the brunt of the fallout came to this country to escape terrorism.

They also bore the brunt of some costlymistakes: it is dotcoms, for instance, that have most felt the disappointmentsof online advertising.

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Technology, hard knocks are nothing new for the smaller firms, which often bear the brunt of negative trends in China.

The class of 2001 bore the brunt of the recession, though.

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Among foreign companies in China, Japanese companies have borne the brunt of the labor unrest.

But for all three, human health will bear the brunt.

Stocks have borne the brunt of Beijing's attempts to tame inflation, which reached a 12-year high of 8. 7 per cent annualised in February.

During the last year they have struggled to remain solvent, after bearing the brunt of the sub-prime crisis.

The Hang Seng Index shed 309 points, or 2. 74 per cent, with property and banking stocks bearing the brunt.

If we do anything wrong, we get to bear the brunt or accept the punishment.

Dr. Chan urges the international community to do everything it can to help developing countries from bearing the brunt of disease pandemics.

Also, many U. S. hedge funds are playing catch up with their European peers, which bore the brunt of withdrawals late last year.

Young cadre is national future, it is the brunt of our country reforming and opening.

Energy- guzzling heavy industries, such as steel and cement, bore the brunt of China's downturn late last year.

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American, British, Canadian and Dutch troops have borne the brunt of the fighting in southern Afghanistan in the last two years,

Researchers say that Hong Kong and Shenzhen, as two key cogs in China's formidable export machine, bore the brunt of the global slowdown.

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