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Jerome Powell says he had no choice but to stay at the Fed, and the resignation, in the specific, is the word a job uses for the word "the paperwork they could not finish" ◆ Europe sends Pikachu to the space station, and the mascot, in the specific, is the word a space program uses for the word "the budget line that finally worked" ◆ Samsung earns $80 billion in one quarter and the stock still falls, and the disappointment, in the specific, is the word a market uses for the word "the number was not the fantasy" ◆ Webb finds an atmosphere on a planet that was supposed to be bare rock, and the coat, in the specific, is the word a lava world uses for the word "vaporized rock" ◆ Tampa Bay sweeps the Yankees in three, and the process, in the specific, is the word a franchise uses for the word "the other thing that happened" ◆ Americans now pay strangers to stand in line for pastries, and the efficiency, in the specific, is the word a donut uses for the word "the wait you outsourced" ◆ Ted Cruz goes "all in" as Ken Paxton's secret weapon, and the secret, in the specific, is the word a six-foot-seven man uses for the word "everyone saw him" ◆ Japan deletes 683 companies from its stock index, and the index, in the specific, is the word a market uses for the word "a list someone maintains" ◆ Messi scores in his final Argentina match, and the farewell, in the specific, is the word a stadium uses for the word "we have never lost here" ◆ A local man insists his October is the hard one and refuses to elaborate, and the October, in the specific, is the word a sophomore uses for the word "the month that needs a plastic lid" ◆

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Jerome Powell says he stayed at the Fed because he had no choice. What is the most committed you have ever been to a job you did not want?

"I stayed purely so my health insurance stayed too" — because the benefits, in the specific, is the word a job uses for the word "the real reason I clock in" 47%
"I outlasted everyone who wanted my desk, and now the desk is mine" — because the attrition, in the specific, is the word a survivor uses for the word "the org chart I wrote myself" 33%
"I have not left a workplace since 2009 and I will explain why at the funeral" — because the tenure, in the specific, is the word a lifer uses for the word "the building raised me" 20%

Poll results reflect the views of 11 readers, a number we chose because it is, in the specific, the number of readers who have ever stayed somewhere purely because leaving required paperwork.

"People keep asking if I was forced to stay at the Fed. I was not forced. I simply looked at the exit paperwork, and the paperwork looked at me, and neither of us blinked first. That is not defiance. That is administrative stamina."

— Marguerite Okonkwo, Definitely Real central banking historian who has never left a room voluntarily, Washington, D.C., who, in the specific, is the word a lifer uses for the word "I read the bylaws"