In which case the costs would spiral well out of control.

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Nobody really knows how to break the well-documented spiral of deprivation.

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Some people think that she may actually be the scapegoat for Yahoo, a company well on its way down a death spiral.

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It could well be heading into the kind of downward spiral that the US Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner, warned about in Davos.

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Many people raid what's left of their 401(k) in desperation to pay off the IRS. This only continues the financial death spiral since taxes will be owed on this cash as well.

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Went the Day Well (20-1) has some long odds, but he followed the same path to the Kentucky Derby that trainer Graham Motion set for last year's winner Animal Kingdom: Went the Day Well and Animal Kingdom both won their last prep race, the Spiral Stakes.

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As a result Belgium debt yields are well over 3% above German Bunds and the country might not be that far away from the debt spiral that has entrapped those further south like Spain and Italy.

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