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A weakening labour market, combined with persistent home affordability challenges, could keep the housing market in a state of paralysis.

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The virus can attack the nervous system and lead to meningitis, encephalitis, paralysis and, in rare cases, even death.

Questions about how it will all play out have left the US central bank in a state of paralysis, as it waits for data to clarify what's happening before making a move on interest rates.

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"The key factor is the ability to take what's learned in the classroom and apply it at elite speed on the field because players can overthink it, there can be paralysis by analysis," she added.

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Common symptoms of Lyme disease are fever, rash, facial paralysis, an irregular heartbeat, and arthritis.

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

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