And like with any other transformation, there are those that can take it to the extreme.

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People just take it to the extreme.

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The great thing about fantasy investing, he says, is that it allows you to take extreme risks without worrying about the consequences.

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How much more of an extreme case does it take to demonstrate that than this?

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Furthermore, it would take a combination of extreme events to make things dangerous in Tokyo (nuclear re-criticality, steam explosion) etc all of which are being rendered less and less likely as time passes and the heat decay process progresses.

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While it was expected that Democrats and Republicans would take the situation to the extreme, reaching a deal only in the eleventh hour, the current debate appears completely deadlocked.

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Whether or not it lives long enough to take full effect, Obamacare will be seen as the logical extreme of a long detour from common-sense health care policy.

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