With the unemployment rate heading towards 10%, politicians understandably fear the mass lay-offs that big plant closures would bring.

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The Rangers' penalty-killing unit, which had an 80% success rate heading into the game, collapsed under the weight of seven penalties.

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Argentina's unemployment rate has been heading upward since the mid-1980s (it's now 15%) because the tax bite is so large.

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