Less than a week later, a 36-year-old Finnish mountaineer also died from injuries sustained in a fall during descent.

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Many books have been written chronicling the events of the deep descent of the stock market in the fall of 2008, and many more may be written.

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Voters of Hispanic descent are considered a crucial swing bloc this fall, but Kerry has faced some criticism from Hispanic Democrats for the lack of Latinos in the upper echelons of his campaign staff.

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Asset values are going to continue to fall until they find a market bottom, and no declaration of Congress can make them stop in mid-descent.

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