This will close on 8 December 2007 and a new underground station will open at St Pancras to accommodate longer trains.

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It's understandable the frustration that the American people feel about the direction of their economy based on what we've gone through since December 2007 in losing more than 8 million jobs, and what we've gone through over the past decade where there was virtually no job growth and in many cases people working harder and bringing home less.

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The problem, Chip, is, as I said before and as we've talked about, 8.4 million people since December 2007 have lost their jobs.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

The recession that started in July 1981 lasted almost as long as the December 2007 downturn (16 months versus 18 months) and produced higher peak unemployment (10.8% versus 10.1%).

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The recession that started in July 1981 lasted almost as long as the downturn that began in December 2007 (16 months vs. 18 months), and produced higher peak unemployment (10.8% vs. 10.1%).

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