There is also longer-term evidence to support Dr Elsner's theory of two stable hurricane patterns.

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The last point is crucial to the theory of evolutionarily stable strategies.

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Since price deflation is a greater threat to profits than stable or rising inflation, in theory this should also be good for equities.

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The hothead theory is that the ice on that gigantic island is much less stable than previously thought, and that with a tad more warming, lakes will form in the summer, drain thousands of feet down to the bedrock, and lubricate the flow to the ocean.

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