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Actually there is some evidence that Comma Indexes may be a sensitive
early warning of<br>
impending economic decline and doom.<br>
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Economist Robert J. Samuelson presciently observed a drop in comma
indexes way back in July 2007.<br>
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Samuelson warned us all, "<i>...the comma's sad fate is, I think, a
metaphor for something larger...</i>"<br>
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<a
href="http://www.newsweek.com/2007/07/22/the-sad-fate-of-the-comma.html">http://www.newsweek.com/2007/07/22/the-sad-fate-of-the-comma.html</a><br>
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On 11/13/2010 10:19 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4CDE9E84.1040207@illinois.edu" type="cite">The
recession has produced a shortage of commas, among other things.
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On 11/13/10 8:03 AM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">On 11/13/2010 9:58 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Perhaps here too soon.
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Could hardly be too soon. It's pert near too late already.
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