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So many on the Fed want to move rates lower now as risk management to avoid that outcome.

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Purity is usually associated with ideas about cleanliness, sanctity or avoiding contamination – so finding that it is associated with negative views about wealth gives new meaning to the phrase “filthy rich.”

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Authorities say they want to avoid "chaos" and a repeat of unrest surrounding the 2020 presidential election, in which 85 people died.

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Both analysts are shifting eclectic in their stock picks, avoiding the sector’s better known large-cap names.

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To avoid contracting West Nile virus, the CDC recommends reducing outside activities during the daytime, when mosquitos are most active.

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