For those whose picture of Thomas remains frozen at the time of his confirmation hearings, in 1991, the Justice is today a startling sight.

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Add in workers who have taken a pay cut or have had their wages frozen since the Great Recession began, and much darker picture of the American economy emerges.

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Suddenly there he was on TV, the very picture of post-traumatic-stress syndrome, hands waving, fright frozen on his face, telling the world that the Cisco sky was falling.

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