In the reverse, it would be painful to witness a member of the opposite sex in such an uncomfortable and awkward position.

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If adopted, such a proposal would reverse a position announced by the Bush Administration at the last such meeting in September 1989.

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The Fed has operated a super-easy and super-cheap monetary policy since the financial crisis started in 2007, but there is a growing expectation that it may be tempted to reverse its position sometime this year.

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Lawyers were then in the awkward position of trying to figure out what clients who followed their advice could do to reverse those 2010 taxable gifts, as I reported here.

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