The cotyledons of the live-oak acorn are conferruminate.

I can outdrink, outsmoke and outshoot any man in this bar! exclaimed the cowboy.

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In times of severe economic distress, however, rates may fall to zero. Cue QE. When the Bank of Japan (BoJ) pioneered QE in 2001, its goal was to buy enough securities to create a desired quantity of reserves (hence, “quantitative easing”). Its actions, it hoped, would raise asset prices and end deflation.