Strassler's father made a bundle in the wake of the Depression, running syndicates that bought and fixed up liquidated companies.

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When it was formed in the wake of the Depression, the company did much to revive America's collapsed housing market.

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This past April, Easterling committed suicide in the wake of a clinical depression diagnosis resulting from dementia.

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In the wake of war and depression, the GI Bill sent a generation to college and created the largest middle-class in history.

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In the wake of war and depression, the GI Bill sent a generation to college and created the largest middle class in history.

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In fact the so-called spiritual crisis afflicting the West and the epidemic of depression that is following in its wake merely reflect the fact that we have run out of Big Ideas worth sacrificing for.

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The Madoff Ponzi scheme and the greatest Depression since the 1930s were even harsher wake-up calls.

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Right now, no issue is more important than restoring economic security for all our families in the wake of the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression.

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As she battles with depression, Noch Noch is on a quest to be the wake-up call for others in similar plights in her blog, Be Me.

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Mr Obama can reasonably point out that he was elected in the wake of a financial meltdown that had threatened to bring about another Great Depression, with an unemployment rate that would make the current one look like a lucky escape.

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And, unfortunately, but not surprisingly, they were more likely to deal with such psychiatric issues as depression, anxiety disorder, and substance abuse, including smoking, in the wake of Katrina.

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But he is committed to this because he thinks consumers deserve protection in the wake of what was an historic financial crisis that led to the greatest recession this country has seen since the Great Depression and cost millions of Americans their jobs.

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