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All of that, alongside wild fiscal and monetary mismanagement, set off hyperinflation, chronic shortages and widespread misery.

Only four days after their much-anticipated release into the big pond, the two beavers turned wild, charging and hissing when their foster parents visited.

“We are trying to keep up with the wild fluctuations and pass along what costs we can to our customers.”

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Josh Lyman explained it best: “Any stories we have to give the press that we’re not wild about, we give all in a lump on Friday.”

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That policy environment is relatively stable for the moment, although the Supreme Court’s skepticism of tariffs poses a wild card.

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