1.   Of course, understanding the need for the cuts is one thing, but it does little to mitigate the pain felt by those affected.

2.   Republicans and Democrats alike saw tightening up on tax collection as a politically easy way to mitigate the pain of ever-mounting budget deficits.

3.   Scarry might say it is because these images are substitute bodies that first define and then mitigate pain.

4.   The rest helps mitigate the pain in the toe.