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But with the improvement of cross-strait relations and economic links, many on Kinmen view their proximity to China as a boon, not a bane.

Money was always the bane of our relationship.

One tune is a surprising almost-love-letter to a fixture that’s the bane of many Golden State warriors’ existence — and satirized aptly on the “Saturday Night Live” sketch “The Californians”: The 405 Freeway.

Back in 2020, I faced the bane of every writer’s existence: a blank page, in an empty notebook.

It’s a bane of hikers, but botanists say the native plant plays an important role in the ecosystem.