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Canada bore the brunt of US hostility in the War of 1812.
"Israelis have been temporarily spared the brunt of the American Jewish assimilation crisis, because secular Israelis remain Jews," it said.
Over 80 million Muslims form the second-largest religious group in India — almost as many as the population of Pakistan — most of them descendants from Hindu converts of the Mughals’ empire, who bore the brunt of Hindu retaliation for long years full of subjection and an often unfair identification with British rule.
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott is taking the brunt of editorial criticism for questioning the bombing and Clinton's motives.
The critics argue that left to itself the market will correct, leaving only a few currency speculators to bear the brunt of a currency collapse.