It may be that the situation on Wall Street is so complex, and the stakes so high, that lawmakers themselves have little confidence in their abilities to map a successful recovery for the industry, so they are relying on the sheer magnitude of their spending and the ingenuity of those left standing on Wall Street to work their market magic and revive the economy.

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One such edge case was Fighting is Magic, a fan-made 2D beat-em-up in the style of Street Fighter using the cast of Friendship is Magic.

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The results will demonstrate whether Nichols' magic touch extends past Wall Street to the notoriously risky business of wildcat drilling.

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The author recently spoke with The Wall Street Journal about novel writing's black magic, the ordeal her hometown went through this past week and the books she reads when nobody's looking.

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