The film “Crash” inevitably comes to mind — there’s even a fatal car accident — only without the reductive moralizing.

电影“撞车”不可避免地进入脑海中——甚至有一个致命的车祸——只是没有过分简单化的说教。

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Even without a market crash, a prolonged impasse would be bad for the economy.

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The authors conclude that, on current policies and even without a stockmarket crash first America's expansion cannot be sustained, since the increase needed in the private sector's financial deficit is unrealistically large.

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Replacing steel with aluminium allows additional interior space to be offered, along with larger crumple zones at the front and rear for even better crash protection, all without paying a heavy penalty in fuel consumption.

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