But officials from both agencies will probably take great pains to say that the bad blood and miscommunications are all pre-9/11 history.

"John -" she began, but before she could say anything else the pain exploded inside her.

But the corn cores caused abdominal pain and some patients said people had died from it.

I am sorry to have caused you so much labour and pain to no useful end,' said Meriet.

Burke would do anything, say anything to ease his friend's pain.

The pain in her heart, Verónica said, cut just as deeply.

Some remote pain stabbed at Paul, where had that been said to him before?

"No pain," he said with half a laugh, strained joviality.

When he quotes a book at second hand he takes pains to say so.

"That, and the pain in your shoulders," he said.