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That motif originated with his 2009 directorial debut, “Crazy Heart,” starring Jeff Bridges as a faded country music legend caught in the throes of alcoholism and trying to find a way forward.

This has raised some fears that Wall Street could be in the throes of an AI stock bubble reminiscent of the internet boom and crash experienced in the late 1990s and 2000.

“It feels like going off to college,” said Samaniego, a slender mother of four whose oldest is in the throes of college planning.

A survey of consumers, meanwhile, suggested that two-thirds of households expect the Canadian economy to be in the throes of a recession over the next year, due in part to a weaker job market.

The Tories are in the throes of an existential crisis.