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If November’s CPI print signals a benign backdrop, that could shape market expectations of when the central bank will decide to start lowering interest rates.

These included a mastectomy and lymph node procedure performed in 28 minutes, and an excision of benign thickened breast tissue in 10 minutes, "which the review team considered to have been unnecessary".

"The challenge has been to devise a more benign pre-treatment process, diminishing risk to the point that patients suffering from an autoimmune deficiency that may not be immediately life-threatening would feel comfortable undergoing the treatment."

Published in book form in 1968, “The Thanksgiving Visitor” is benign enough to make it a staple suitable for youngsters as well as adults, though it has some sharp edges.

When the Irish poet died suddenly in 2013, at age 74, a benign literary presence was robbed from us.