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Sometimes, the terror finds us anyway, crashing through our ceiling and landing on our plate just as we were remarking that it was looking a bit full.

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The flat base lets it stand upright, but the all-metal body isn’t something you want crashing to the counter, so it’s safer to set it on its side.

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The plan fell apart after President Ulysses S. Grant got wind of it, triggering the Panic of 1869, with the gold market crashing and stock prices plummeting.

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As I fell asleep in a tent to the sounds of waves crashing on the beach and no cell phone service anywhere in the vicinity, I thought, this is the respite I needed.

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At the same time, says Prietto, teens are savvy and some will seek help on their own, noting they need to vent or that they’re “crashing out.”

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