1.  As a result, Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali presented the Security Council with painful options.

2.  Economists in Frankfurt and London said the government was fast reaching the moment of truth, when it must choose between two painful options.

3.  Most people with a disabled elderly relative face painful options.

4.  Short of that masterstroke, the least painful option is a quick sale to Allen.

5.  Are there less painful options that should be tried out first before employees are retrenched?