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Eight years later, the GOP — the party that has spent decades trying to privatize Social Security and Medicare — is trying a different approach: Destroying the program by increments, one painful piece at a time.

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Petro, who said he had ordered the bombings to protect soldiers' lives, said he regretted the "painful loss" of children.

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However painful, it’s important that you have witnessed your friend’s husband’s abusive actions, and that you are still in your friend’s life.

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The red numbers carry on a painful trend.

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During the biopsy, which found a polyp on her cervix which was then removed without warning, Mrs Lord repeatedly said it was "really painful" but was not offered pain relief, she said.

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