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Still, most people persevere and go about their lives, battered and shaken though they may be, because there seems to be no real choice.

I know photographers far better than me that walk around with one battered body and a single lens and do great work.

After it was revealed that he'd also stolen from his employers, there was little he could do to salvage his battered reputation.

Her battered body was buried in a forest and was found a week after she disappeared.

Nearby, an old man with a black beret selects two mangoes from the bottom of a battered cardboard box.

She started the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization in her kitchen with $200, a battered typewriter and a few friends.

Many US dailies face uncertain futures, battered by quickly declining ad revenue in the age of the Internet and a teetering economy.

"Not the slightest gust of wind has touched us, while Europe [and America] are being battered by storms, " he said this week.

But one image seen around the globe, of the battered body of a young monk, face down in a ditch, said it all.

The children battered away at the door for admittance.

He is still trying to restore the country's moral authority and a battered economy dependent on Chinese lending.

Soon all four were huddled on top of the car's battered roof, trying to hold on as the water swept over them, rising higher and higher.

The police battered the door down and saved the children from the burning building.

A dignified middle-aged man decided to pick a dress for his wife, but soon he found himself being battered by frantic women.

And in her latest book, The Money Class (Spiegel & Grau), she urges recession-battered Americans to be just as honest with themselves.

But the worry is whether America's exporters, battered by years of foreign competition, would be able to do so quickly.

Next morning, when she did not answer a wake-up call, her mother went to the apartment and found her daughter battered and bloodied.

We do not call it a battered womens shelter because 40% of the people who come to us are men and women that are physically abused by WOMEN.

Supporters for legal divorce also point to the high number of battered wives who feel trapped, unable to leave their husbands.

Titanic's battered stern, captured here in profile, bears witness to the extreme trauma inflicted upon it as it corkscrewed to the bottom.

When a party to pay all of a sudden one day awareness, get away with it high above the party will fall badly battered.

She turned slowly. An old, white battered truck sat on her perfectly manicured lawn just behind her. The engine was hot and grumbling.

And time seemed, nearly, to fall away from sullen, belligerent, battered faces, as though they were fleeing back to their first condition.

The wanderer returns: A little battered but happy our hero is back in the garden.

Since the beginning of the year the mining group's previously battered share price has risen 36 per cent, tracking broader metals rises.

While the recession has battered businesses around the world, it has been a boon to the International Monetary Fund's finances.

Still, Tuesday's opening marks a return of optimism for the battered global gambling industry after two years of pain.

Sharp gains in other Asian markets also gave a boost to the Tokyo bourse, where investors continued to pick up recently battered shares.

We finally retreat to bed, battered by the roar of traffic and buffeted by the excited crowds.

Second-quarter earnings that have been mostly stronger than expected have offered protective armor for a market battered by the debt debate.

A "tent city" of up to 200 homeless in Sacramento was thrust into the media spotlight last month as a symbol of the battered U. S. economy.

Partisan and intra-party bickering at a time of national emergency has further battered politics' reputation.

then , LuoXiaoxiao will standing on balcony , hair be battered, looking at LuoYiyi whom be hang up to bask in the sun.

About $42 billion of the U. K. banks' exposure is in the form of lending to Ireland's battered banking sector.

When he took it off, he revealed the battered face of Jorah Mormont.

The battered woman appeared to have been beat by her cohabitant.

Entering the water, the current hauls me over the hidden rocks. Soon every part of me is battered and bruised.

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And there are plenty of us who have been battered and worry that we might have lost our nerve.

It was followed a moment later by a battered astromech droid, which tottered and then smashed into the wall.

It was a small, uncomfortable-looking room containing a battered desk, an old sofa and wooden chairs.

"That picture. . . " He looked at a black and white photograph to her right that rested on a small, battered side table.

The Malaysian stock market has been battered by investors, a spillover from the economic melt-down in neighboring Thailand.

Beset by scandal, battered in a regional poll and split in an important state, Congress's leaders are out of sorts.

Newsweek's switch is a signpost of how traditional print news outlets are being battered by an exodus of readers and advertisers to the Web.

The Invisible Man dies of the injuries, and his naked and battered body slowly becomes visible on the ground as he dies.

After weeks of storms that have submerged parts of Queensland, the area was battered again Sunday when a tropical storm landed.

Today Putin said the economic crisis that has battered Russia would decide which of the two men stood in 2012.

A sword hung at her side, not the battered sword of the bandit, but a long, fine sword, sharp and deadly.

Philippe Charlier sets his plastic shopping bag on a battered chair and rubs his hands.

Third, it seems quite likely that bruised and battered financial institutions will have to contend with an additional round of pressures.

Aren't Chinese getting battered with high inflation? "That's the ordinary people's worry, " she said.

And, he said, Wall Street's faith in "quantitative risk analysis" has been battered.

Blighted and battered, but still responsive and still ironic , his face was like a lighted lantern patched with paper.

It will take more than $30m and a blast of official cheerleading for the government to turn round the battered stock market.

His senses have been battered with all possibilities of a disaster, not least the prospect that Greece might leave the euro.

BofA's share price has been battered this year amid worries that it had inadequate capital.

She was battered out of her senses.

''I don't think I'll ever look as good in a movie, '' jokes Mortimer. ''I would have imagined myself as a battered old Mini. ''

Two years ago it seemed as though a new, improved 3D projection system could rescue a film business battered by falling DVD sales.

Defeat of the Poles had seemed at times certain. Their army had been battered and its moral sunk, but yet stood fast.

JAL's shares have been battered by fears that the carrier would be forced to seek court-administered rehabilitation .

European leaders gave the poor battered can an almighty punt but it is still there on the road.

The heart battered like a fist against the chest wall.

had declared that a 30-metre stretch of battered earthen wall was to be considered part of the city wall of the Roman settlement.

Worn-out consumers battered by job losses, shrinking nest eggs have retrenched, throwing the economy into a tailspin.

The beleaguered JT began the year inauspiciously with a tainted food scare, which battered sales in its food division.

But in a bid to boost its battered business, KFC is to reopen its Vietnamese outlets with an all-new fish menu, even fish burgers.

To this day, he keeps his battered briefcase and his unused ferry ticket to remind himself how fortunate he is to be alive.

Few people inside or outside the battered country would have bet much on its chances of survival over the long term.

The wait was short; the city's full of red battered and tired-looking vehicles and I was soon negotiating with a driver.

Battered by recession in the United States, the economy is set to shrink by up to 7% this year.

My three-year old son watched closely as I battered at a concrete slab in our back yard with a heavy sledge-hammer.

Edwards's battered and bloodied body had been found in her bedroom closet.

Rudolph leaned forward intently, gloriously battered by the music, his eyes glued on the Negro trumpeter .

Police battered down the door of the thieves' hideout.

France has declared a national disaster after violent storms battered parts of the country leaving death and destruction in their wake.

But some government battered by a wave of foreign money could overdo it, as they have done before.

The battered wife decided not to put up with her husband any more and to take legal actions.

Investment could yield both future wealth and a route towards social acceptability for the battered bankers.

The selection today consisted of a mint salad, avocado and shrimp, fried eggplant with lightly battered white fish and artichoke "caviar" .

A strong rainstorm packed with hail and tornado winds battered several provinces in Central China Tuesday night.

My transport has long since left, so I hitch a lift with a couple of Republican Force soldiers in a battered army jeep.

In particular, that burden of proof of domestic violence, battered women from the evidence of a fundamental solution to difficult problems.

The next day Enzo's battered junker wasn't in the slot outside his apartment.

His most famous painting may be The Gulf Stream (1899), which shows a black man in a battered boat, who has survived a storm.

The soldiers battered upon the enemy's fort.

They conclude that "There is not much evidence that battered women as a group are more masochistic than other women. "

Battered by criticism at home and abroad, the police admitted to "defects" in their handling of the hijack.

You sound a little hoarse. Why are you wearing such a strange mask and a battered old sword case? What has happened to you?

Fear of deportation keeps sick children away from hospital and battered prostitutes away from the police, and promotes other woes.

I am much too battered and old for such a fine young lady as Glorvina.

The president took his populist appeal to the recession-battered central state of Ohio Friday.

S. opposition. Washington's main weapon: its threat to slash financial support for London, whose economy had been battered by World War II.

Rockets and shells continued to hit the battered port.

Anyone watching the television could see that as soon as any United fans made a move they were battered and beaten with truncheons .

I looked at the sign above a small, battered door in an equally battered building: "Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission. " Did they live there?

What? You don't think you're the first babe he battered up for?

The country has been battered by 30 years of war, and the United States is committed to rebuilding it, Holbrooke said.

If the United States is to salvage its battered image in the Arab and Muslim world it must heed the new trend in the region.

Ireland's public finances have been battered in the economic downturn, and education has not escaped savage cuts in funding.

The auction is key to Iraq's goal of reviving an oil industry battered by years of war and sanctions.

He straightened his battered body, and (though still wary) grudgingly consented to put his weapon away.

BARACK OBAMA's decision to spend Christmas in Hawaii was welcome news for an island state battered by the brutal waves of recession.

Instead of driving around in a white S. U. V. with a security detail, he wears local clothes and takes battered local cars to blend in.

In the afternoon, there was a walk and rigorous tennis training followed by more study, using rather battered grammar-school textbooks.

Japan's relative resilience is particularly impressive given that its exporters have been battered by the rapidly rising yen.

The European Union's stress tests are designed to restore investor confidence in a battered banking sector, but they are not without a flaw.

In the battered capital, Mogadishu, it is seeking to drive Somalia's internationally recognised transitional government into the sea.

Then, as the snow melted, floods ravaged Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee, and tornadoes battered Alabama and Missouri.

It would be particularly harmful to manufacturing exporters, who were battered by the recession (car production fell by 31% in 2009).

They got knocked out in the semi's, battered actually, end of.

It has yielded rapid growth for two decades and India has sailed through the financial crisis that has battered the West.

Brown is already feeling the heat as Labour were battered in local elections in England and Wales last Thursday.

I have a battered old Montblanc and for me that represents the most organic form of creativity.

When a rapid rise in the value of the yen battered Japan's exports last month, Kan's tepid response did nothing to stem the damage.

The U. S. auto market was, by contrast, battered by eroding demand amid the economic crisis as credit markets dried up.

The country is one of the windiest and most wave-battered in Europe.

The Fed program could provide some support to the battered auto industry, although it would only be a partial fix.

In contrast with recession-battered places like Phoenix, Houston remains remarkably open to migrants from the rest of America and abroad.

to rebuild our economy so it lifts up a middle class that's been battered for so long.

Hurricane Felix has been upgraded to a category four storm. It has already battered the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curasao and Bonaire .

Not all cults have their sanctuaries battered down by a tank from the FDA as in the U.

I battered down the door between our rooms and pierced the vampire' s heart.

He placed a battered felt hat on his head.

Fett's armor and body were extremely battered by his ordeal in the Sarlacc.

His battered, chewed face pressed against the glass, his teeth bared, his growls ripping at her ears.

Official forecasts have predicted further rain in a number of the most-battered provinces.

When Mr Obama visits Asia, he does so as head of state of a battered superpower.

Bottom line: Quality US-listed China stocks are poised for a rally, as investors hunt for bargains in the battered sector.

With securitisation markets damaged and confidence in banks battered, that will not be easy.

She played happily with the whistles and slingshots and battered soldiers her brothers discarded, got her hands dirty and her boots muddy.

But it was the economically battered Midwest that saw the most dramatic change.

Policemen did little as demonstrators with hammers battered down a wall of concrete slabs put in place to protect the building.

But the fragility of the region's battered rural communities could offer a vital warning to the rest of Japan.

This has led to a dramatic fall in exports that has battered regional economies.

The global crisis has battered the local steel industry, leaving thousands of workers without jobs.

It was another tumultuous week for euro-zone banks, which are being battered by the region's sovereign-debt crisis.

Why, one might ask, does he insist on getting battered and bruised when a double would gladly take the knocks for him?

The crisis has also battered Japanese financial institutions, which have seen their capital bases eroded by the plunge in stock prices.

heavy rains and devastating floods have battered south china in recent weeks. so far, leaving nearly 400 people dead.

Business schools have been battered by criticism for the role they played in the global financial meltdown.

Georgia is emerging battered but defiant from its recent military confrontation with Russia.

The news filtered through Moscow's human rights circles, already battered by new sanctions on political activities.

When the AK party came to power in November 2002, much of the hard work of repairing Turkey's battered economy had already been done.

They battered the shutters of shops, broke in and seized whatever they could, from hunks of meat to gas canisters and clothing.

The Guardian adds that Italy's industrial centers have been battered by China's manufacturing of cheap consumer goods.

I used to always pack in the same manner, placing my beloved battered books by W. Somerset Maugham and F.

"Clearly, as the industry repairs its battered reputation, it will need a fresh batch of qualified professionals to keep growing. "

Battered by grief, Winston took refuge at the home of friends in Scotland, finding comfort in his painting.

The commercial capital, Abidjan, battered by six months of civil strife, has begun to hum.

Private-equity firms, another strong (though recently battered) force in alternative investments, also cluster here.

In the bare room under the roof, there was a small, battered valise on his bed.

By the time a grain of sand washes up on a beach in Florida, it has been battered by waves for a long time.

Israeli troops continue to pull out of the battered enclave, where Palestinian medical officials say 1, 300 people died in the assault.

Steelmaking cities in the American industrial heartland were battered over these decades.

The flu has battered down even the hardiest parts of the immune system.

In Lebanon, battered women cannot file for divorce on the basis of abuse without the testimony of an eyewitness.

Question: Was homicide or assault defendant a battered woman whose mental state or perceptions were affected by the abuse?

At that time the summer, do not be strange if it fell and badly battered!

The results suggest Japan can expect to be battered by typhoons of even more ferocity than now.

The battered walls are self-supporting and lay with soil, allowing for natural movement as the ground freezes and thaws.

They have been battered by falling house prices and expensive petrol, and their spending growth has already slowed sharply.

Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.

But the immovable object is being battered by irresistible forces, including demographic change and the demands of the economy.

Nearly one million people have been evacuated from the coastal regions of China which have been battered by Typhoon Morakot.

Sderot has been hard hit by daily Palestinian rocket attacks from Gaza that have terrorized residents and battered the economy.

The move comes as battered financial services firms are set to roll out their second-quarter earnings, with further asset writedowns likely.

As big financial centres, the two city-states have been battered by the global storm.

President Bush says rebuilding the hurricane battered Gulf Coast must take aim at wiping out persistent poverty and racial injustice.

The mob battered down the door.

For others, however, a battered housing market and bleak job prospects are a major risk to the recovery.

Chinese newspapers carried pictures of the monument being daubed with red paint and battered with hammers.

Battered by grief, vetement ralph lauren, Winston took asylum at the home of friends in Scotland, finding solace in his painting.

Heavy rain from Hurricane Tomas has battered western Haiti, causing flooding in which one person has died.

The children battered the window with ball.

That could benefit the US economy in coming months by lifting its companies's exports while consumers rebuild their battered finances.

Sometimes one daughter gets preferential treatment, by receiving newly synthesised components instead of old, battered and repaired ones.

As demand for their paper diminishes, the cost of mortgages rises, putting more pressure on the already battered housing market.

Jumps in fiscal deficits are the mirror image of retrenchment by battered private sectors.

Corporate earnings again came in stronger than expected and the battered U. S. economy continued its convalescence.

Financially battered households will respond by rebuilding income-based saving balances.

Battered and twisted, the Department of Corrections van lays on its side next to the deserted roadway.

Citi plans to use the gains to repair its battered balance sheet and boost results in the first quarter of this year.

I had been battered, abused and abandoned as a child.

Russia posted its first monthly budget deficit in November as falling oil prices and slowing production battered the economy.

Around two million people were without power in Virginia as Irene battered the region, reported state governor Bob McDonnell.

The ship was battered against the rocks.

M&S food halls, which for many years were seen as offering the highest quality food, have been battered by rivals over the past two years.

But the product recalls have battered a company not used to being pushed around.

Residents are going back to the battered buildings in the centre, which was the scene of the fiercest fighting in the spring.

Al-Qaeda itself may have been battered and dispersed, but the idea it stands for has spread its poison far and wide.

The housing collapse, higher oil prices (now receding ), job losses and sagging stocks have battered confidence.

Oven baked seabass fillet and eggplant with battered artichoke, cepe mushroom, parsley, and caper anchovy paste.

This status heightens Beijing's influence over Washington and increases its exposure to the battered US economy.

S. energy and materials stocks. Some also see emerging-market strength helping battered consumer companies.

Turkey looks especially good next to the battered Mediterranean countries that are in the euro zone.

Stock market traders say bargain-hunting investors bought up battered technology and financial stocks.

But hostility to business, the collapse of textile factories, and labour and capital flight have all battered industry.

The battered wood from the old boat slowly drifted toward the shore of the island.

Once you get there, Behring recommends the guo tai doug, which are tofu sandwiches filled with pork, battered and fried.

Even today, battered by recession, deep in debt, mired in war, Americans remain proud of their country, and justly so.

The region was battered by an exodus of cash.

Unfazed that a battered dory refuses to stay afloat, children of Dangriga amuse themselves along the shore.

Asian markets where growth was dependent on exports to Western consumers were particularly battered.

The battered communists retreated to their stronghold in Wuhan, and the emboldened Chiang set up a rival KMT government in Nanjing.

He was a blind beggar, carrying the traditional battered cane .

The airline industry has been battered by record high fuel costs, and major carriers are grasping for stability through cutting capacity.

The robbers battered his face into a mummy.

Like other export-oriented Asian economies, Taiwan has been battered by the sudden slump in consumer demand in the US and Europe.

Palestinian rockets fired from the Gaza Strip crashed into the battered Israeli border town of Sderot.

With credit scarce and savers battered by low interest rates, the ground is already fertile for standard peer-to-peer lending.

They expected the plan to soothe the markets, particularly for the battered financial sector.

And the police battered the protesters with tear gas, shotguns and rubber bullets.

Removed some of the "Cracked, Rusty, Battered" and other nasty weapon conditions.

The ship was battered to pieces by the strom.

Often new vegans sell their animal-based attire to thrift shops or donate items to shelters for homeless or battered people.

Shily Xiao, a local-government employee, arrived in a battered compact car to pay off her credit-card bill.

Without stumbling , bumping , or even being badly battered, how can one grow and become as solid and strong as iron and steel?

In some ways the constantly revised version of the battered basic bill became more rigorous because crusading accelerated.

Nationwide, the epidemic has crippled tourism, an industry already battered by fears of drug violence.

Downpours battered the cities of Beijing and Zhengzhou, along with the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Noel, which battered the Caribbean and left scores dead, was upgraded Thursday to a Category 1 hurricane.

He had been badly battered about the head and face.

Obama also visited the southern Israeli city of Sderot , battered by Palestinian rocket fire from the Gaza Strip .

Fukushima Daiichi's cooling systems were knocked out by the huge earthquake and tsunami that battered Japan's north-east coast on March 11.

The Malaysian stock market has been battered by investors, a spillover from the economic meltdown in neighbouring Thailand.

past this, the tsunami has battered train tracks and highways, making passage nearly impossible.

I am glad you were not battered, Belle, but prostitution is a poisoned solution; a solution to nothing.

it was a big black battered hearse - - like automobile . there were three men in it.

It also expects to pay out the most for the big hurricanes that battered southern states in 2005.

Battered at home by last week's Republican landslide, President Barack Obama headed toIndia to seek solace in foreign policy.

Moreover, recession-battered charities need the skills that for-profit managers can bring.

The 2012 presidential race is set to attract a slew of Republicans eager to take on a battered but still largely popular incumbent.

Back home, Mr. Marbury's run-ins with coaches and teammates at the New York Knicks and other teams battered his reputation.

The court has taken custody of the battered child.

After World War I, European nations were battered by debts, and Germany wa battered by reparation payments.

During a visit to war-battered areas of southern Beirut on Monday, Annan was heckled by Hezbollah supporters.

so that governments can pay for social policies dear to European voters even as they fix their battered public finances.

The economic crisis has also battered both those who are having to take harsh austerity measures and those having to lend them money.

Harvard University, its endowment battered by the recession, said it would lay off 275 employees and cut work hours for about 40 more.

Two pilots were killed when the plane was battered by waiting anti-aircraft fire and crashed, but Downey and Fecteau survived.

Surveys in each country show that Mr Obama's popularity has helped to restore the battered US standing in the region.

Bank stocks across the region were also battered.

Certainly, the battered stock market is giving few signs that investors see brighter days ahead.

Pike County has good reason to take seriously the heavy rain that has battered the Midwest in recent weeks.

European wheat fields have been battered by too much rain.

They battered through the floorboards somehow.

A struggling U. S. economy is not getting any help from the battered housing market.

A huge clean-up operation is under way in the Philippines after Typhoon Nesat battered the capital Manila and the main island, Luzon.