White leaders have generally said the sanctions hurt blacks and whites alike by slowing the economy.

But hardly anyone seriously suggests that the sanctions have not also hurt the debt-burdened Government.

The shutdown and other sanctions hurt the team for many years.

But the sanctions still hurt, and by last fall, Mr. Milosevic was looking for a deal to end them.

However, the sanction did not hurt the league.

The inspections are what's important, and the sanctions, whether we like it or not, only hurt the people we want to help.

Many lament that sanctions will hurt only those we are trying to help.

Yet while sanctions may hurt, Haiti's military kills - more than 4,000 people since the 1991 coup.

Senior guard Mike Hopkins said the sanctions "hurt, but won't take away from a successful season."

If there is not to be too great a temptation to do this, then sanctions must really hurt.