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Prominence is the distance a peak rises above the highest saddle that separates it from the next higher peak.

Three of the soldiers killed in the crash were posthumously promoted to the next higher grade, officials said: Sgt.

Nearly a year into the Fed’s drive to quash inflation by hiking interest rates at a blistering pace, investors still don’t seem to fully believe what the Fed warns is coming next: Higher rates through the end of the year, which could sharply raise unemployment and slow growth.

The poll also showed inflation to average 5.2% and 3.0% this year and next, higher than the 5.0% and 2.7% predicted in a July poll.

Taxpayers whose income was near the upper edge of a bracket might see some or all their income pushed into the next, higher bracket if the thresholds weren’t updated, said Edward Karl, vice president of taxation with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.