Veterans describe a repetitive strain condition as "Rubik's thumb, " developed from trying to speed-solve standard-issue cubes.

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When countries on the gold standard suffered a shock they had to let the real economy, rather than their currencies, take the strain.

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This appears to be clearly better than standard treatment alone, which works 40% to 50% of the time for the most common viral strain.

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