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And never has infidelity exacted such a psychological toll.
They exacted a horrible toll.
I had envisioned teams of terrified miners scampering for their lives in the cavernous confines of their workplace, praying that Black Lung Disease would get them before The Grim Reaper exacted his grisly revenge, but instead I got terrestrial twenty-somethings fornicating--and, in one case, defecating--in the woods, a gang of morons with a collective I.Q. that would have difficulty pulling a plastic ring out of a box of Cracker Jacks, much less a buried treasure from an abandoned mine.
This comes in addition to many other financial burdens exacted at the local level.
The price to be paid for this political squeamishness is exacted in blood.
Already, Libyan rebels in the east have exacted revenge on Qaddafi loyalists, many of whom worked for his feared revolutionary committees.
Afghanistan’s Unavoidable PartitionNEW DELHI – The United States, still mired in a protracted war in Afghanistan that has exacted a staggering cost in blood and treasure, will formally open peace talks with the Taliban, its main battlefield opponent, in the coming days (apparently despite last-minute opposition from Afghan President Hamid Karzai).
The French experience exacted a high long-term price: French society was poorer relative to Britain in the century after the Revolution.
That price, however, is also exacted from the rest of us, because when extremists are allowed to wipe out their neighbors, the victimized often become radicalized and militarized; they look to settle old scores not only against the perpetrators of genocide, but against those who abetted them.
Along with pointless and disruptive infrastructure, the Rio Games have exacted a human cost.
The war in Afghanistan has exacted enormous costs.
Prolonged controversies over the terms and conditions of assistance and the absurdly high interest rate initially set on official loans exacted a heavy toll on countries already under stress.
But then, bad government can also contribute to the toll exacted by a natural disaster.
A primary surplus of 3.75 % then becomes the maximum, not the minimum, that can be exacted, and it can support real interest rates of not more than 10%.
This position has already exacted a heavy price: had there been a more competitive marketplace of ideas, the flawed Washington Consensus might never have become a consensus at all.
Although forward momentum will be slower than many anticipate, the changes exacted by WTO membership will be profound because China's future will be dictated or determined more than ever before by factors beyond Beijing's control.
These rogue units have exacted vengeance on Qaddafi supporters and alienated significant segments of society.
The events of recent months have exacted a heavy short-term economic toll, but they have potentially far-reaching long-term implications.
The costs humanity has paid in waiting for Kant’s vision to near reality is horrific and was exacted in places other than the battlefield.
Chechnya also exacted a political price.
Ending Religious Violence in the Middle EastFEZ – The escalation of radicalism, violence, and civil wars in the Middle East since the so-called Arab Spring revolts began in 2010 has exacted a massive toll in human lives and welfare.
Speaking from the stage, the killer explained that he had exacted revenge against the previous governing party, Civic Platform, which he held responsible for a prison sentence that he had recently concluded.
The full impact of COVID-19 will be felt there later than in the rest of the world, but the financial markets have already exacted their toll.
These conflicts have exacted a heavy economic toll.
The system did not fundamentally change in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, which exacted a tragic human cost, and it remains largely unresponsive to the existential climate challenge that we now face.
The most obdurate heart could not have exacted further patience, and Caesar instantly gave in.
Hence those vows of fidelity exacted upon a Testament, and hence also the allusions to a possibility of something happening on the very morning of the wedding.
It is very natural that the pledge of secrecy which we have exacted from you should have aroused your curiosity.
"But it was a sacrifice which Heaven exacted to save our lives," answered Rebecca, "and the God of our fathers has since blessed your store and your gettings."
"I accept of no such presents," said the Knight; "I am content to take thy cuff [421] as a loan, but I will repay thee with usury as deep as ever thy prisoner there exacted in his traffic."