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But it is clear that tourism, which provides one job in seven and 11% of GDP, has been badly dented.
Clients' faith in the advice of the industry's big names has been badly dented by their conspicuous inability to manage their own businesses.
Confidence in the Bank of Spain has been badly dented by the revelation of large losses at Bankia just weeks after senior bank supervisors trotted around financial capitals to assure investors that Spanish banks were well capitalised.
But its image has been badly dented in the struggle with Mr. Erdogan, with allegations of military misdeeds leaked to the news media, a development that would have been unheard of a decade ago.
Finally, the widespread assumption that "Europe" would mean a rising standard of living and social security for all Europeans has been badly dented by accumulated debt, aging populations, global competition and the crisis of the euro zone.
Of course, their dignity has been badly harmed, their security reputation has been badly dented, but those are not reasons for resorting to their arrogant image in order to compensate for their humiliation.
The tower's steel had been badly dented by several winter storms and Hurricane Donna, which crossed directly over the tower in 1960 with winds of 132 miles per hour and waves more than 50 feet high.
By his own admission his side were dog-tired in early April, Charlie Hodgson's confidence had been badly dented during the Six Nations and Andrew Sheridan was a long-term casualty.
It is particularly vulnerable to the slump because it does not have a large presence in high-profit luxury vehicles and is dependent on the European market, including southern European countries that have been badly dented by the sovereign debt crisis.
No doubt entirely coincidentally, the very next day a group of former allies and foes of Mr Thaksin launched Ruam Jai Thai (Thai Unity), a new party that "would not be unfriendly to the military", as one put it.Mr Thaksin's chances of a swift return to power have been badly dented by the legal moves against him.
