Since federal spending is a direct component of GDP, the stimulus will improve the statistics when the money starts flying out the door.

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Letters are a typical component of a direct intervention: The family members or friends will explain in writing that they are doing the intervention because they love the addict, and that they have observed specific troubling behaviors, as described in the letter, Seppala said.

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