By contrast the estate tax, even though it affects few families, has a high public profile.

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Though the region suffers from rampant piracy, it mainly affects international shipping rather than locals.

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In other words, Mr Mishkin suggests the Fed should cut interest rates before a deflating housing bubble affects the real economy, even though it resisted acting before an inflating bubble created dangerous economic distortions.

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Buerger's disease usually affects men younger than 40 years of age, though it's becoming more common in women.

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It affects one in 100 people over age 60, though you can certainly be diagnosed with it earlier (as Fox was).

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