But those seemingly healthy results were undergirded by strong margins in its downstream refining business.

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The result inevitably must be the corruption and distortion of the intricate network of austerity programs demanded of others in exchange for Western assistance that has undergirded our efforts to manage the international debt crisis over the past decade.

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