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...afford to put their retirement savings in riskier investments will earn higher rates of returns. Plus, those people will be freed of the burden of helping out other Americans. But as some earn more, we will surely see elderly poverty rates soar. Not everyone has the means or the know-how to make the market work for them...
China, Deng told President Jimmy Carter in 1979, would need a long period of peace to realize its full modernization. To accomplish that, he added, China would also need Western money and know-how. Flinging open the doors, he led China on a capitalist drive from which there is no turning back...
...This group of fellows brings a broad range of expertise, background and political know-how to the IOP," said IOP Director Philip R. Sharp in a press release Monday...
...have their air bags disconnected. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration within days will rewrite regulations to allow motorists to have their air bags disconnected by dealers and mechanics, according to a report in USA Today. Currently, only car users can disconnect safety devices, but few have the mechanical know-how required. This approach is an alternative to giving motorists a cutoff switch that would allow drivers to turn air bags on and off. Industry officials fear cut off switches, which are only allowed in cars and trucks without back seats, could lead to lawsuits by people who forget...
...worry. As always, the know-how is encoded in Ryan's dna. He works his magic against the evildoers and still finds the time to poke his head in on his sleeping children and muse that young Sally "now looked forward to the day she'd buy things from Victoria's Secret." Alas, with Ryan as her father she will probably wind up wearing camouflage-colored bras...