It is later that female writers begin to feel routinely, sometimes suicidally, trapped by their womanhood.

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Just as important has been the banks' willingness to lend to companies at suicidally thin margins.

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In many ways, Korean brokers still behave like a cartel, all offering the same service at the same price, albeit one that has fallen to a suicidally low level.

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At some point, however, the cycle will turn, the economy will slow, defaults will rise, appetite for risky bonds at suicidally thin spreads will evaporate, and investors will wish they had visited Crufts, not the local dog pound.

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