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...taxpayer bailout. If it comes to that, pensioners may get stuck with less than they expect. Already, there are limits to what the government will step in to pay. The maximum benefit for a retired 65-year-old in a failed pension is $45,614 a year. At that cutoff, 90% of those in plans taken over by the PBGC get full benefits. But in high-paying industries like airlines and steel--in which the biggest pension failures are now occurring--only 60% of pensioners get full benefits...
...measure is to better track students’ progress and help policymakers figure out where they are going wrong. The database would include students who drop out of college or transfer between institutions. Universities both private and public would be required to yield the data, potentially facing a cutoff of federal funding if they refuse. And there’s no way for students...
...whereas no heavyweight can ever be too heavy—that division has no maximum cutoff to race—all lightweights must weigh in under 155 lbs. to be able to compete...
MAKING THE CUTOFF...
...recommend the vast majority of our students for honors,” Bernstein writes, adding that the College has almost always accepted social studies’ recommendations in the past, occasionally giving a student a lower level of honors than that recommended by the concentration based on overall cutoff levels for the College...