With the fall auction season kicking into high gear, the global art market is facing a series of critical stress tests.

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Charles Popp, of the Boston Fire Department's Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team, said firefighters have become more willing over time to hash out their feelings in therapy.

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With Heart Disease being the number one killer of women, and financial stress affecting so many of us, it is critical that we deal with this stress and become financially fit.

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In a related story, lawyers not under stress are tense, overly critical, cautious and emotionally distant.

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According to a study reported in the ABA Journal, lawyers under stress are tense, overly critical, cautious and emotionally distant.

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That service orientation is critical, because wireless carriers stress revenue generation over cost recovery.

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The research team identified three genes often lost in diverse bowel cancer cells, which were critical for the cancer suffering from DNA replication stress.

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Failure to adequately invest in energy, transportation, communications, and other infrastructure practically guarantees the failure of critical systems when they are placed under the stress of extreme events.

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In periods of extreme stress, however, the quality of the financial infrastructure may prove critical.

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