Within statistical error, under almost all testing conditions, I cannot find a difference between dunking and not dunking under controlled circumstances , so do it how you want.

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And pretty much all historical precedent would suggest the Greek economy cannot recover under this kind of debt burden (see Rogoff and Reinhart's Debt Overhangs: Past and Present for more on this).

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First, all the important spending decisions remain under the control of future Congresses, which cannot be bound by what this one did.

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And that has heightened the biggest concern of all: that banks are so systemically important that they cannot be allowed to go under.

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