The desperate Chechens, who frequently reply in kind, have suffered grievous losses too.

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Tobin doesn't have Silvia's quickness of mind, but he, too, has suffered a grievous loss, and Mr. Penn plays him with an affecting simplicity that only enhances the man's conflictedness: As much as he mistrusts her, he wants to protect her.

WSJ: Beyond Words

Grievous liabilities in other fields are only too abundant.

ECONOMIST: Splenetic Isolation | The

The prospects that he would unleash grievous instability and perhaps even Armageddon by proceeding with missile defenses prohibited by the ABM Treaty are not too different from the threats Mr. Bush is told will emerge in the Arab world, and beyond, if he proceeds without a UN mandate for removing Saddam Hussein from power.

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