That proved such a loser for capital formation that the unemployment rate promptly pushed 20%.

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Voters and taxpayers wonder how an institution in which so many had placed so much trust could suddenly have been found to be such a loser.

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The loser of one popular game has to do a "forfeit, " such as singing "Puff the Magic Dragon" at the top of the mast, drinking beer through a snorkel and even swimming in shark-infested water.

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