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“I used to remember how people loved one another and accepted one another despite their differences.”

The central bank has kept interest rates on hold at 0.5% since January due to lingering uncertainties over the impact of U.S. tariffs on the economy, despite concerns that inflation is hurting consumer appetite.

The effect can be diminished earnings or even losses on paper, despite there being no cash outflow when an option is granted.

Our critic praised the show saying, “it also recalls, without feeling derivative, the classic American dramas—Miller’s and others—in which fathers and sons, despite their best efforts to avoid it, turn into mortal enemies.”

Many see the good times continuing, believing that interest rates still have farther to fall despite the recent uptick in uncertainty.

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

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