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Viana do Castelo: Festa da Nossa Senhora da Agonia (Our Lady of Agony Festivities): famous religious festival with traditional costumes and fireworks over the river.
Buying shoes demands sizable chunks of time and money, and the eventual decision generates more existential agony about their looks than about their fit.
And I could not be more thrilled to hear back from readers since it only makes us better at our jobs, despite the agony of having to listen to the wackos that always accompany the good comments.
In his most recent public apology, President Clinton said that congressional condemnation would be pretty bad, but "there is no greater agony" than something he's suffered already.
The agonizers are folks like Elizabeth Dole and George W. Bush, and their agony isn't moral, goodness knows.