1.   Champy, the consultant, said that mid-level managers would likely face the brunt of future layoffs.

2.   Peru periodically faces the brunt of El Nino, a warm water mass that forms off its coast with varying strength, bringing torrential rains and floods.

3.   However, for the mass of suffering poor who are facing the brunt of an economic meltdown that is not of their doing, patience is fast running out.

4.   New graduates face the brunt of unemployment in Japan, as companies usually favor suspending new hirings over lay-offs.

5.   Steel is one of many commodities that will face the brunt of East Asian exports.

6.   The Serb leadership last week proclaimed a state of war in the northwest of the country where their forces faced the brunt of a government-led offensive.

7.   The Serb leadership last week proclaimed a state of war in the northwest of the country where their forces faced the brunt of the government-led offensive.

8.   The Serb leadership last week proclaimed a state of war in the northwest of the country where their forces faced the brunt of the initial government attack.

9.   The Serb leadership last week proclaimed a state of war in the west of the country where their forces faced the brunt of a government-led offensive.

10.   Players Milenko Acimovic and Branko Boskovic faced the brunt of the violence leading to an emergency meeting of club bosses Friday night.