Using the era's best computers, Milken calculated that he could dive down to the swamp's bottom and rescue the credit unworthy ... if he could pool enough of the poor suckers into one high-yield bond and price it appropriately for the risk.

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Any analysis of labour-market trends soon gets bogged down in a statistical swamp.

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Gone are the streams that used to flow down our land, gone is the swamp that we used to hunt birds in my child hood.

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