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...strange predicament for the modest jet that was supposed to be the cheap end of the military's high-low warplane mix of F-22s and F-35s. The Pentagon launched the F-35 Lightning II program a month after 9/11. Over the past eight years, the price-per-plane has doubled - from $69 million to as much as $135 million - even as none of the 2,443 on-order planes have been delivered. The program's cost has soared from $197 billion to as much as $329 billion. Plans to profit from prospective sales of more than...
...savings plans or variants of the plan a priority. Students should be encouraged to get good grades, involve themselves in activities, and be model citizens to garner the endorsement of nonprofit organizations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. By 2016, the Gates Foundation will have sent 27,000 low-income high school graduates to colleges and universities across the country...
...effect of this spat has been to push the euro to a four-week low against the dollar as investors fret over the uncertain prospect of support for Greece. The euro closed on Tuesday at $1.35, down from a high of $1.51 in November. "The leaders are hardening positions but not for a clearly thought-out purpose," says Fredrik Erixon, director of the Brussels-based European Centre for International Political Economy. "It looks more like a chicken farm than anything else...
...witticism, and his ability to create memorable dance songs that often start, revive, or climax parties. Some of his talents are clearly on display on “Battle of the Sexes;” his verbal syncopation and lyrical dexterity are especially evident on “How Low,” and “I Know You Got a Man.” On both tracks, Ludacris’s tongue skips over witty lyrics so quickly and skillfully that his self-congratulatory laughs and hoots seem well-deserved. The already-popular “How Low?...
...song is typical She & Him: twangy harmonies deliver a bittersweet message of a lost summer love, matched with an upbeat poppy melody. But Ward’s voice fails to match Deschanel’s richness, and his parts are the low points of the song...