In just one week, the security forces appear to have sustained almost half the casualties they suffered in all of last summer, though reports differ on the exact toll.
But more importantly, the BBC, as it announces major cuts to things that really matter and makes its case for a funding model that has sustained it for almost a century, could do without such an obvious daily display of futile profligacy.
Hunger has sustained the "Little Master" across almost a quarter of a century at the mountain top.
A current team-mate of his said recently: "He's 40 but there hasn't been a single day when he has not given it his all, be it in the nets or during a match". Hunger has sustained the "Little Master" across almost a quarter of a century at the mountain top.
But life happened, and writing is my coping mechanism, one that has sustained me in motherhood for almost a decade now.
Griffin tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in 2009 while at Baylor, and the obvious fear for the Redskins is that he has sustained a similar injury, which would almost surely keep him from playing a full season in 2013.
For almost a decade GM has sustained its sales volumes only by offering deep price discounts that eat into its already weak profit margins.
He is a leader who has sustained a relentless media onslaught and a revolt from almost the entire parliamentary party.
What has sustained your interest over time?
Your kindness has sustained me".
