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William Mapother offers a compelling performance as pain-stricken John Burroughs.
Encountering Our Alternate Self is Message of Another Earth 2011
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The images from the scandal that drove him from Albany -- Ashley Dupre, his designation as Client 9, his pain-stricken wife Silda standing beside him -- are draped around him like a ragged old coat.
Kathleen Parker and Eliot Spitzer, CNN's duo of civil dispute Howard Kurtz 2010
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We live longer, healthier, and less pain-stricken lives than every before in history.
Paul Schwennesen: Too Big Has Failed... Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party Are Similar Paul Schwennesen 2011
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Martin, whose videotaped confession was carried Saturday by the Daily Telegraph newspaper, said he had no regrets, claiming he acted out of "Christian compassion" to end the suffering of pain-stricken patients.
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Still, medical-marijuana advocates are urging restraint, concerned about the impact of changes on the sick and pain-stricken.
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Panicked and pain-stricken, I looked into the rearview mirror at my children, huddled in the back seat.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories of Faith Jack Canfield 2008
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Panicked and pain-stricken, I looked into the rearview mirror at my children, huddled in the back seat.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories of Faith Jack Canfield 2008
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A shudder of release wracked my pain-stricken body as I uttered the fearful words.
Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003
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"I have brought a friend to see you, dear," said the step-mother, smiling down on the quiet figure with its weary, pain-stricken face.
Aunt Judith The Story of a Loving Life Grace Beaumont
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She made no explanations, nor were any questions asked of her, but the two of them ran to where the crying of pain-stricken humanity came from the derailed cars.
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