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The recent declines appear to have hurt smaller, so-called retail investors the most, instead of institutional money managers running mutual funds and the like.

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The recent declines appear to have hurt smaller, so-called retail investors the most, instead of institutional money managers running mutual funds and the like.

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Since they were, in fact, children, they would not be convincing as pigs, cows, chickens, and the like.

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“Fawsy, dear, your devotion moves me, truly it does. And no one knows better than I do that life is full of peril, tragic loss, unforeseen catastrophe, gruesome ends, and the like. My head tells me I ought to give you the answer you seek, and yet . . . my heart sings a different song. . . .”

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This should come as no surprise, for in Miss Lumley’s day, séances, Ouija boards, hypnotic healings, and the like were very much in fashion.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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