But, in one fell swoop Payne took a healthy emotional deposit with Toronto fans and bet the farm.

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Not bad for a year in which technology stocks plummeted and even energy giant ExxonMobil, with its healthy 2.4% dividend, fell 12%.

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The sharp growth last year was consistent with both strong demand for other kinds of hardware, and reflects a healthy rebound from 2009, when units fell 18% and revenue dropped 15%.

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Rates fell throughout the 1990s, when America's economy was healthy, but they kept falling during the recession in the early 2000s (see chart).

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It was only when things fell apart that I saw how foolish I had been and that it's simply not healthy to let the person you're with become your entire world.

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