Over the holidays, many of us will drink, stay up past bedtime, eat an extra slice of pie and sleep in.

假期里，我们中的很多人都会饮酒、熬夜、吃下额外的那块馅饼、睡懒觉。

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Some people question whether funds of funds will be able to keep taking this extra slice unless hedge funds make higher returns soon.

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The other obvious solution to the conundrum of public demand for more spending but opposition to greater taxation lies in the fact that much of the extra slice of national income that other rich countries spend on health comes not from taxes but from private contributions.

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Oil prices may climb again, but the euro area weathered the recent spike fairly well and should get back a good slice of any extra it spends on energy imports.

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