They have a point: if poorer countries were forced to bring labour laws up to rich-country standards overnight, their exports would fall and their economies would be badly hurt.

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Housing will not be hurt so badly, though its recovery will certainly be delayed by recession.

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Medicaid's supporters worry that congressional budget writers will craft a budget that includes cuts, but that those cuts will be badly designed, will hurt the weakest most and will do nothing to deal with Medicaid's long-term mess.

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However, many NFL players have claimed that they suffer from a variety of injuries because of concussions without really knowing the severity of how badly they could be hurt playing the game.

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That's why it hurt DeLay so badly to be criticized by the reliably conservative Wall Street Journal editorial page last month.

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Indonesia, by contrast, has been hurt so badly that it could plausibly be expected to rebound.

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But they said the trapped workers were so badly hurt and weakened that they would need to be extricated within a few hours if they are to survive.

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The planned closures will really hurt the local economies and the supply chain will be badly hit - up to 10, 000 jobs could be at risk.

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