Word: convertibles
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...Works The government gives incentives to encourage workers to sign up for private accounts or convert part of their state pensions to privately managed funds. As government retirement benefits were cut, the private plans gave workers another way to fund their retirement...
...University paid $4.5 million in taxes to the city last year for its property that is not tax-exempt. Under the new deal, if the University decides to convert any of its taxable property to educational use, it will continue to pay the city as much as it would have paid in taxes, with a 3 percent annual increase...
...drew three penalties in the first period, while the Crimson went unwhistled. Harvard had skated on four power plays before Cornell was granted its first, though neither team would convert with the man-advantage all night...
While the new defensive strategy and another solid night on the backboards for the Ivy League’s leading rebounding team gave the Crimson much of the possession, it fell to the offense to convert...
...discovering. Economic growth has lifted living standards, but expectations have risen even faster. Deep in the villages of India's heartland, people now dream of possessing things long out of their grasp, from televisions to clean water. Yet India's economy is kindling desires faster than it can convert them into reality. Anyone who has been to an Indian job fair, to an army recruitment camp, or to a call center on the day it advertises new positions, has seen the crushing disappointment on the faces of thousands of eager young men and women when they find out there...