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“Thank you for this exhausting dressing down of the probation department,” Preven said last Tuesday after the supervisors wrapped up rebuking officials for paltry programming inside juvenile halls.

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But undeterred, the reality star and businesswoman shared fan reactions including one who said they "immediately pressed play" after seeing a post saying the show had debuted on Rotten Tomatoes with a paltry 0%.

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They eat processed snacks, open a bottle of wine and prepare the turkey with paltry ingredients and Jane’s Julia Child ingenuity.

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It is sending a clear signal: Expect paltry stock returns in coming years.

With traditional bonds offering paltry returns, retail investors have piled billions into a new breed of semiliquid funds that promise market-beating yields.

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