For the bulls, the rebound in technology stocks never quite showed up the way a few thought it might.

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In the meantime, that wall of doubt is a daunting reminder that the country's rebound can occur quietly but never easily.

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But those fad diets would never last more than a few weeks, and his weight would rebound.

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He reckons that, unlike over-exploited oceanic fisheries, which can rebound if the boats go away, reef-fish populations pushed to the brink of extinction may never recover.

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