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...progress on disease treatment too--can cause the life expectancy of the entire species to inch further and further out. There are about 50,000 centenarians in the U.S.--a blip in a country of close to 300 million people. But over time, those tens of thousands could creep into the millions. It takes work to join their ranks, but it is work more and more people may be willing...
...prime example of this phenomenon—I disagree with his arguments even if his style agrees with me. Sarcasm gives us a colorful kaleidoscope realm where the women’s crew team can brandish oar blades and even a bit of pathos can creep into a University professor’s comments. Especially during exam time, a time when we are more likely to slit our wrists than write notes on them, we could all take life a little less seriously...
...family gets $250,000 for a lost loved one, and $50,000 extra for every dependent left behind. Then, thanks to taxpayer contributions and some astoundingly generous charitable donations, families of the attack victims will get an average of $1.65 million in additional awards. That's where the disparities creep...
...indistinguishable from this winter, no matter what the economic indicators say - particularly as unemployment continues to rise (because labor costs are always the last ones invited back to companies hoping to impress Wall Street with their bottom lines, high unemployment generally outlasts recessions). Summer will likely see GDP growth creep back up above zero, and by fall, third-quarter profits and production may start to look rosy again. At which point companies will start hiring again, and consumers will feel secure again, and by the beginning of the following year the economy should be chugging along again at a modest...
...course, $25 million is a lot of money, especially in the Tirah Valley. It's more than enough to sway convictions. And as alliance forces creep up the mountains and Western special-ops troops take their technology and firepower to each and every cave, bin Laden's choices are getting as narrow as his chances of escaping. "This is a man on the run, a man with a big price on his head," says Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz. "He has to wake up every day and decide, 'Do I keep all the security around me, which I need...