However embroiled the movie becomes in the upcoming election, no attack can lessen the impact of these scenes or diminish the anger they create in the audience; Moore, for once, offers experience rather than attitudes, sharp immediate suffering rather than his usual exasperated nostalgia for, say, the good old days, when the unions were strong and the workingman was king.
Snowy-haired and diminutive at barely 5 feet, Ms. Eaton Travis, a lifelong Christian Scientist who frowns on medical care, is spry and sharp-witted, suffering only from elevated blood pressure for which she takes pills, and some degeneration of her sight and hearing.
They had been introduced to discourage speculators from adding to the downward pressure on shares already suffering sharp declines.
After suffering sharp falls last week, world stock markets have now recovered their poise, with investors less concerned that Dubai World might default on its debts and spark global turmoil.
While it is true that some of Hearst's best known British brands are experiencing rising circulations – including Good Housekeeping, Prima, Country Living, Women's Health – other well-known ones are suffering sharp falls: Cosmo fell 8.97% year-on-year last year.
Investors suffering sharp declines in their holdings and margin calls are redeeming investments where they can.
Chirac, already suffering a sharp decline in popularity, was forced to suspend the law.
Even now, at 85, he remains sharp and jolly, despite suffering from Parkinson's.
Russia and Saudi Arabia, both big oil producers, will be hit with Russia suffering a sharp recession until 2017, Moody's said.
Just as America's growth has been dragged down since 2006 by falling residential investment, so Britain is now suffering a sharp contraction in homebuilding.
