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And, rather than surging forward, the US economy, regrettably and exasperatingly, will remain captive to unusual sluggishness, while its vulnerability to the ill winds blowing from the rest of the world will only increase.

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Nearly held captive in the South.

Woman: You feel so trapped, when someone kind of leans over and you're sort of held captive there for a minute.

So that was a very captive audience.

Captive breeding will be a major part of bringing back these species.

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