For contrarian investors, this could be a sore spot, as it creates the potential for downgrades.
An obvious sore spot with many husbands in such marriages is the reversal of traditional gender roles.
There was already one particular sore spot for travelers in 2009: more bumping of ticket holders from flights.
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Months later, the issue remains a diplomatic sore spot between the two countries, according to a British official.
The next sore spot for the semiconductor sector rests with flash-memory specialist SanDisk.
This is a major sore spot for China because it views green tech as one of its core and most innovative developing markets.
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The next sore spot for the semiconductor sector rests with flash-memory specialist SanDisk (nasdaq: SNDK - news - people ).
During that period, Yasukuni almost disappeared as a diplomatic sore spot because the previous Democratic Party of Japan government had discouraged senior members from visiting it.
This sector has been a sore spot for many Koreans since, and some of the labor resistance may grow out of that and other cultural clashes.
It's been a sore spot for Nintendo gamers for some time now, and the Wii U was the company's chance to make amends -- except it didn't.
The chief sore spot was domestic display advertising which also happens to be the area upon which Armstrong has placed the most emphasis since spinning the company off from Time Warner in December 2009.
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Why is HPV vaccination a sore spot?
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Speaking at CAGNY for the first time since the spinoff, Kraft Foods CEO Tony Vernon outlined a growth strategy focused on harnessing its 25, 000 employees and driving meaningful innovation, which has previously been a sore spot for the company.
U.S. arms sales to Taiwan is a sore spot from Beijing's perspective: In his last decision on the issue, Bush left open the possibility that Washington could sell Taipei warships equipped with the Aegis advanced air-defense system if China continues its military buildup across the Taiwan Straits.
Besides being an NRA member, Manchin ran a campaign ad in 2010 in which he promised to defend West Virginian's Second Amendment rights to bear arms and "take on" the Obama administration all while shooting a hole in a copy of a Democratic bill that would have clamped limits on greenhouse gases another sore spot for a coal-mining state like West Virginia.
Brennan Boesch, trying to win a spot as a backup outfielder, was a late scratch from the Yankees lineup because of sore left ribs.
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