It can't inflict much more damage.

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If a default is really possible, won't the man in the Oval Office have to blink first and isn't it just irresistible to inflict this humiliation on him?

ECONOMIST: Lexington

They can't win it, but wanted to inflict some damage.

BBC: 'No conniving' and 'no conspiracy'

It probably wouldn't be so bad that the smackers inflict pain and hurt on those who trust them most if they were also inclined to provide sufficient and adequate positive feedback to their children.

BBC: Should children be smacked?

So why inflict the sense of failure on those that aren't ready to read!

BBC: Is five too soon to start school?

Northern Ireland can't afford the human or economic damage this policy would inflict.

BBC: NI 'can't afford the damage' caused by benefit changes

Americans need to understand that Mr. Obama is threatening that if he doesn't get what he wants, he's ready to inflict maximum pain on everybody else.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: President Armageddon

For example, would our present Maginot line of financial defenses - much of them constructed by legislators bearing names like Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley - protect us if avowed enemies of this country sought to inflict a major, and possibly decisive, blow against us, and didn't care if they lost money in the process?

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Warfare's new financial face

Al-Qaida terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America ... he's worried that someone won't read them their rights?

NPR: Transcript: Gov. Sarah Palin At The RNC

For anyone who hasn't seen the film, what followed next was one of the most astonishingly taboo sights you could ever inflict upon small-town America.

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