"I know how hard it is to lose someone close to you."

One day earlier this week, Brazil lost close to a billion dollars of reserves.

I know what it is like to lose people close to you.

How could he or anyone else have anything to lose at this point, so close to the end of every-thing?

It happens to almost everybody when they lose somebody close to them.

Above all, we must not lose heart so close to the end of our journey.

Children find it very difficult to cope with death and may not understand the full implications of losing someone close to them.

Both sides lost close to 28,000 men, to wounds and death.

"Their mission was almost complete, and we lost them so close to home," he said.

"We would also lose close to $150 million out of our capital program just next year alone."