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Rich labor-importing countries and poor labor-exporting countries have a mutually dependent relationship; but labor importers can unilaterally tighten or loosen immigration or labor-market regulations, leaving exporters in a constant state of uncertainty.

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Citizens will be empowered to take action; governments will tighten the regulations.

As the blood vessels tighten to minimize the bleeding, in a process known as vasoconstriction, both threats are averted by forming a blood clot.

You plant your feet, tighten your belly, and tense your back, generating enough force to yank it open.

In extreme cases, some people have surgery to tighten the LES to minimize their distress.

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