There is, though, the danger of a domino effect, in which the financial collapse of some smaller countries leads to investors taking fright and fleeing even the larger, sounder developing economies.

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The Heat had chances to sweep their first-round series in each of the last two seasons, taking 3-0 leads on Philadelphia (2011) and New York (2012).

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Which leads to the question of whether people should be taking the full course of antibiotics, as most of us are instructed to do by our doctor.

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