It is, of course, a long way from the laboratory bench to the stagnant pool, and many questions remain.

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Over the last few years Wall Street has poured billions into film financing, creating a glut of new releases competing for a stagnant pool of moviegoers.

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Its slow creeping against the wall reminded me that the world did in fact turn and that time was something other than the stagnant pool my life was draining into.

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The reason is that the pool of available workers is stagnant or shrinking, which means fewer people are counted as unemployed.

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