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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Peter S. Goodman / The Bulletin
November 7, 2009
As the U.S. unemployment rate surged to 10.2 percent in October, reaching double digits for the first time in 26 years, it suddenly seemed possible that the nation might yet confront the worst joblessness since the Great Depression.
In the six decades since the government began compiling such....