'This year may not match previous years, but it's not going to be a disaster.' The biggest casualties appear to have been clothes stores, with several big names suffering.
There is a serious energy crisis in Pakistan with big cities suffering from power-cuts in blistering heat.
Awkward, big, and suffering from dyslexia, Butler was picked on by her schoolmates; she retreated into a world of books and invention.
Big labels, suffering as digital download sales fail to compensate for falling CD sales and the impact of piracy, are launching divisions dedicated to forging partnerships between big brands and their artists.
The news that Yao is the latest big man suffering foot woes — most remember Bill Walton as the founding member of this unhappy club — has put the Rockets in a bind, writes Ric Bucher on ESPN.com, and have them facing at least a season without the pivotal services of Yao, writes Adrian Wojnarowski on Yahoo.com.
Darwin struggled for thirteen months to produce an abstract of his "big book", suffering from ill health but getting constant encouragement from his scientific friends.
Villas-Boas also said Bale, 23, was only trying to protect himself after suffering "big, big injuries to his ankles".
On a percentage basis, however, air transportation and hotels took the biggest hits, suffering double-digit declines in employment last year.
After losing his biggest client, suffering love woes and hitting the sauce hard, it's the least he deserves.
And big banks, though suffering from bad loans, have at least stabilized.
