When you start to read financial newspapers on their internet sites you begin to sense their content-less condition, particularly in a becalmed business setting.

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You begin to sense the rumblings of drama later that day.

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Once the pride and sense of accomplish wears off, you begin to realize that the race has JUST BEGUN.

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But as you suggest, there comes a tipping point where sense of duty and obligations to family begin to meet.

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