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In a county known to abound in the remains of the early ages; in a village in which there still existed some memorials of the olden time, he--he, the chairman of the Pickwick Club--had discovered a strange and curious inscription of unquestionable antiquity, which had wholly escaped the observation of the many learned men who had preceded him.

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With the expectation that there will be no "succession crisis" and that an orderly transfer of power had long been agreed, business people simply do not expect the political situation in China to be worse than in 1989, when good business opportunities continued to abound.

With less than 1% of ocean space protected, and only a small fraction affected by well-considered government policies or international treaties, opportunities abound to improve the oceans’ health.

Economic questions abound, too.

Today, the mood is much grimmer, with references to 1929 and 1931 beginning to abound, even if some governments continue to behave as if the crisis was more classical than exceptional.

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