Cutting them is painful for Congress any time, but especially so in an election year.

And while the price may be painful, in this little film it is never too high.

Maybe it would have been less painful for the little fellow in the long run.

And so this has been terribly painful for him in many ways.

There was something painful in that thought, look at it how you might.

As a result, the transition to a market economy is even more painful here than in many other former Communist countries.

That made his finger not quite so painful in there.

But it's painful in the play because they try to make their fantasy a reality.

That would be very painful in the long run, I think.

His hand tightened on my shoulder, almost painful in its pressure.