But it should be remembered that in 1933, President-elect Franklin Roosevelt refused to agree a bi-partisan deal with President Hoover to stave off the collapse of the entire US banking system, which shut down completely on the eve of his inauguration.

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Two specially-modified Westland-Wallace bi-planes with open cockpits were used for the feat, taking off from an airstrip in northern India to fly into the Himalayas over the 29, 000ft (8, 848m) summit.

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In exchange for setting up a bi-weekly payment plan, the bank was even willing to drop .25% off of my interest rate.

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