The good news is that debt problems aren't a dead-end street.

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There can't be a dead voice on the other end.

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Malta doesn't have a mainland, it's a dead end.

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Dead-end jobs and legal troubles haven't helped matters.

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If you know somebody who's caught in a dead-end job and afraid he can't afford the classes necessary to get better jobs for the rest of his life, tell him not to give up -- he can go on to college.

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If IGF-1 fails, it wouldn't be the first time a rush to develop copycat cancer drugs has led drug firms into a dead end.

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