A cherry tree in blossom appears to sprout from the wreckage of a car in Japan's Miyagi prefecture, which was pummelled by last month's earthquake and tsunami.
Two major shocks then aggravated that fiscal restraint: the Asian financial crisis, which pummelled exports, and the collapse of several big financial institutions.
Exports will be pummelled by the global recession and the stronger dollar.
He pummelled the pillow with his fists.
FIVE months after a tsunami and nuclear meltdown assailed Japan, the economy has been pummelled by fresh blows.
The already pummelled shares of Lehman Brothers, led by the pugnacious Dick Fuld, lost more than half their value in two days.
The shares of investment Banks, pummelled by the mortgage mess and a drought in the buy-out market, posted their biggest daily gains in over a year.
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