If that freeze does not thaw, the rest of America, and even economically emerging nations abroad, will pass them by.

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Doctors sometimes fret that women who freeze their eggs will have a tendency to wait to thaw their eggs until after their natural fertility is gone.

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Yet Europe, or rather Germany, now risks a reboot of a credit freeze that, this time, might be too large to thaw.

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The most anyone can expect is that relations may emerge from the deep freeze - but it's bound to be a long haul before they can thaw and become warm.

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