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All this has left the Church of England, an institution steeped in national history and culture, but which has undergone decades of declining attendance at its services, grappling with fundamental questions.

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The club, meanwhile, once a thriving institution with some 3,000 members, struggles to maintain a roster of 450 members, many of whom come from very different demographics.

At the same time, use of the Fed’s standing repo facility — seen as a liquidity spigot for financial institutions in search of short-term cash to finance their operations — increased in late October.

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“Brazil is a sovereign country with independent institutions, and it will not take orders from anyone,” da Silva said in July after calling an emergency cabinet meeting.

Higher education institutions maintain that their tuition practices abide by the law.

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