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And the rebound after its crash was all a financial bubble which popped and now a credit contractio n and housing flue has come from those ashes. 2012 doesn't sound like a good year either.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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"Eodem enim vitio est effusio animi in laetitia quo in dolore contractio,"
The Essays of Montaigne — Complete Michel de Montaigne 1562
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"Eodem enim vitio est effusio animi in laetitia quo in dolore contractio,"
The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 19 Michel de Montaigne 1562
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[753] "Ad quid illa vocis contractio et infractio?
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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