In other words, does he want them to hold their fire in the interests of creating this atmosphere that he talked about yesterday?

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The words "acute stress" from the IMF are the equivalent of others crying "fire".

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His fire-and-brimstone words aren't unfounded: UCLA and State University of New York-Stony Brook researchers found that, all things being equal, unemployed job applicants are viewed as less competent, warm and hireable than employed folks -- whether they were fired, laid off or quit voluntarily.

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When I discuss immigration, I see the face of young hopeful would-be Americans I know from Colorado and it adds fire to my words.

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