Think back on what happened in the past couple of decades, when economies in various parts of the world ran into problems.

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"I think modern medicine, the modern technology of getting these guys back on the field I think is so much better than it has been in the past, " Reese said.

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Everybody back here in Washington, I think, recognizes that this Congress was called the do-nothing Congress in this past term because not a lot did get done.

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In the short term, either investment style can produce consistently good returns: growth stocks predominated in the 1990s, value stocks have done better in the past five years and there are those who think the tide is about to turn back now.

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Rep. MATHESON: Well, I think we fit in quite well because - not just in this election we just had, but if you go back over the past three or four elections, the vast majority of seats that Democrats have picked up that have now ultimately given the Democratic Party the majority have been Blue Dogs.

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