Lost in the emotions is the fact that a good dose of cheap labor sure would be convenient in the scheme of global competition.

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The characters, including an engineer at a troubled computer-hardware firm, live in an Americanized work environment, yet certain emotions nearly lost to Americans, such as modesty and shame, still rule their lives.

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Mr Leon thinks that Mr Chavez's party (PSUV) may well try to hurry along the process in order to take advantage of the emotions of Venezuelans still mourning their lost leader, and before problems such as Venezuela's high inflation rate return to the forefront of their minds.

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However, this can get lost when discussions become focused on just one or two polarizing issues that cause emotions to run high.

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In an effort to learn how to better handle her emotions, Shania visits author and psychiatrist Dr. Gordon Livingston, who lost two sons, one to suicide and the other to leukemia.

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