Instead of being engrossed in the complex and screwed up relationships of the gods, most of us often held our breath, wondering if the singers would slip and fall as they walked up and down the rather steep inclines as they sang.

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The market appears to be saying that if any of these banks went down, the bulk of losses would fall already fall on creditors rather than taxpayers.

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