Few areas of the economy have been battered harder or for longer than the car industry, especially Detroit's Big Three.
The Inquirer, a 183-year-old paper with a legacy that includes 18 Pulitzer Prizes, has been battered harder than most regional papers, and its parent company ended up being bought in 2010 for $139 million, by two hedge funds, Angelo Gordon and Alden Global Capital, along with banks that held the company's debt.
Even more than its large rivals, Bank of America has been battered particularly hard by the bursting of the housing bubble and the surge in foreclosures.
"I looked more closely at the rest of my old friends, their bodies battered by hard lives and the fists of their rivals," Herman says.
They will remember Brett Favre, the Vikings' quarterback, battered by hard hits from Saints defenders, coming back from an ankle injury to lead two second-half comebacks to tie the score.
When Ronald Bender and about 260 other workers were unexpectedly laid off from a North Side window factory 15 months ago, they staged a sit-in and gained national attention as symbols of a work force battered by hard times.
This was an afternoon in which running back Curtis Martin, the heart and soul of the Jets, scored three touchdowns and battered a hard-nosed New England defense for 143 yards in the Jets' 34-17 victory.
Ostracised by his neighbours and suspended from the force, Aaron now finds himself attracted to Allie, the battered wife of hard man Indigo – who we also met in the fifth episode of Redfern Now's initial run: Sweet Spot.
And if you get battered often and hard enough, you'll eventually only look for love in places where you can't get hurt anymore, and that means with people you don't really care enough about to hurt you.
His challenger was battered in a hard-fought, divisive Democratic primary, whereas Mr. Santorum had no primary opposition.
