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- The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers one year ago marks the beginning of a wild, hair-raising year for investors and regulators.
- Heading out into the estuary of the Derwent River can be hair-raising when the Southern Ocean is choppy, but it's bearable on a large, luxury, high-speed catamaran.
- Both books cite studies, surveys, statistics, along with some hair-raising anecdotes, on how a rising tide of dull, useless assignments is oppressing families and making kids hate .