Trends and fashion cycles were significantly lengthened during the recession, when it was suicide for designers and retailers to expect shoppers to chuck a wardrobe every six to 12 months and buy new pointy shoes when round toe was in last season.

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Rubio rallied in the sixth round, landing two left hooks and standing toe-to-toe with Pavlik at the end of the round.

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