1.   Although it cries out for illustration, the book masterfully portrays the traditional life of this Puget Sound tribe and its painful transition into mainstream society.

2.   But it was a painful transition.

3.   But more often, he writes about Mexico, its history and culture and its painful transition into the modern world.

4.   Clinton repeatedly talks about how the country is undergoing a similarly painful transition from a manufacturing society to a computer-and-information society.

5.   He says the California economy is in transition -- a sometimes painful transition that economists are just beginning to fully figure out.

6.   In the view of many Chinese, Zhu and President Jiang Zemin are bravely steering the country through a painful transition toward a market-oriented economy.

7.   It may be that you are going through a painful transition.

8.   It was a very painful transition for IBM.

9.   This is about an economy in transition -- a sometimes painful transition that economists are just beginning to fully figure out.

10.   This show finds Landers in painful transition, trying to channel his considerable energies into painting.