But then, usually negative September and October turned out to be just about the most positive two months of the year.

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This figure also languished close of zero and even turned negative in 1998-2001, but since then it has turned strongly positive for Japan.

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Republicans who had previously decried the sequester and the threat it posed -- warned about job loss, warned about negative effects on our national security -- turned around and then said it was a good thing and a victory for their party and a victory for the tea party and a home run.

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