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...pension system has been dwindling for years. Today there are just 29,600 traditional pension plans, down from 57,000 a decade ago. According to James Klein, president of the American Benefits Council, "the big question is being missed: What can be done to bolster the defined-benefit system" and preserve those plans that are left? Probably not much. Just this year, IBM stopped offering new hires a company-funded pension, joining firms that have shifted their focus to the 401(k). "It now has a politically acceptable feel, which argues for a continued decline in defined-benefit plans," says...
...Friday, Mass. Hall’s damage-control strategy shifted to the long term as Summers announced a hastily-formed initiative to bolster the status of women at Harvard...
Summers said Friday that he has asked Faust to collaborate with him in developing a set of initiatives to bolster the status of women within the University. But in separate interviews with The Crimson Friday, both Summers and Faust were short on details...
...causing??unprecedented??death??and destruction, the tsunami has mocked our marvels of science and technology and humbled us. But it has also given us an opportunity to bolster faith in our capacity to unite and fight against the common enemies of war and terrorism. Let us pledge to show more compassion to one another. That could be the best tribute to those who have lost their lives...
...appears committed to is the role of the Communist Party. Zhao spent his nearly 20 months as Party chief working to limit the Party's interference in institutions of government such as the courts, the state-owned media and local legislatures. Such competing power centers, he hoped, would bolster fledgling economic reforms by making government more transparent, while giving the Chinese people the means to hold their leaders to account...