It makes for unhappy but realistic reading for the US economy and it provides a starting point for a fantasy-free policy response to American decline as well as for the British.

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Of course, each of these movies was poorly reviewed, and that may be the main factor in their poor performances, but the weak results also suggest that fantasy-free shoot-em-ups starring older men (many of them Expendables stars) aren't connecting with viewers right now.

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Policymakers have been captured by the adolescent fantasy that money can be had free of labor.

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This feature renders many traditional aspects of fantasy sports, such as trading players and free agency, obsolete.

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Television X - The Fantasy Channel also transmits a number of 10-minute free-to-air trailers.

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In addition, FiOS TV offers an innovative Interactive Media Guide with next-generation, personalized interactive services, including free Facebook and Twitter social media applications, news and entertainment widgets, ESPN Fantasy Football, a robust search engine, and many other features.

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So could seeing violence in a video game be a positive developmental opportunity for children, in that they are free to play out any aggression, taking part of something that they realize is a fantasy world and not reality?

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