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...gives homeowners a chance to beat the bank (if they live longer than expected). Instead, two-thirds take the line of credit, figuring to use only as much as they need and preserve the rest, according to Ken Scholen, a home-equity expert at the AARP. Any unused portion of the credit line grows with inflation...
...easy to see why the policy has not caught on elsewhere. "I'm not paying a tax just because some [jerk] hates cars. I'm taking my business elsewhere. This ain't the city I was born in," writes a visitor to the popular Sod-U-Ken website. Some portion of the complaints are legitimate. After decades of underfunding and neglect, Greater London's public transit system is often late and sometimes lethal, leaving many commuters with few options. The profits from the new charge will be used to rehabilitate the system, but that will take time. Many Londoners find...
...sacred Buddhist sutras constitute a large portion of the exhibit’s works. Many of the sutra chapters include illustrations that accompany the calligraphic text. Beautifully detailed woodblock prints, both inked and touched up with gold pigment, make up the magnificent pages of the sutras. The copying of such texts was vital to the transmission of Buddhist beliefs and practices. Furthermore, it was considered a meritorious act that brought good fortune to both the patron who commissioned the work and the artist himself...
...translation itself also proved to be a huge undertaking. After reading the many versions of translations published during Longfellow’s life, Pearl chose the 1867 edition since it was the same text of the Inferno that the first Americans reading Dante would have seen. A large portion of the companion book is Longfellow’s notes, which serve as crucial guideposts throughout the text...
Earlier Saturday the Crimson tookcare of Boise St., clinching the match with a 4-2 edge in the singles competition (thereby making yesterday’s doubles portion a moot point...