The second worry is that even if it is just variation, might it still lead to Dust Bowl conditions?

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An optimist may point out that the positive variation in the first month of the second quarter could suggest better days ahead.

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The second sacred truth, service and selflessness, is just a variation on the age old Golden Rule: It is in your own self-interest to forget your self-interest.

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