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...much of that was wiped out during the stock-market correction of the past two years, says Corbin. Also, many are concerned about cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security benefits and the solvency of financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and brokerage firms. "All of that thrown into a pot gives a tremendous amount of uncertainty to older people," he says...
...goal of skeet and trap shooting is to use a shotgun to hit clay pigeons thrown by an automatic thrower. In trap, shooters face a semicircular field and the pigeons are sent away from the shooter straight or angled toward the left or right. In skeet, shooters shift between seven positions on the semicircular field and targets are thrown to cross from a high house and a low house. Skeet is the more challenging...
...Moments after co-captain Andre Akpan had broken the deadlock and given the Crimson a 1-0 lead, sophomore defender Baba Omosegbon was sent off, leaving his team with ten men for the final 35 minutes. But Harms and his defense handled everything that was thrown at them, and the No. 6 Crimson (9-2-1, 2-0-1) came away with a huge 1-0 victory over the Ivy League-leading Bears on Ohiri Field...
...Though he stayed out of the fray at first, President Sarkozy on Tuesday spoke out to protest his son's "being thrown to the wolves." Later that evening, Jean made a rare television appearance to pledge he would seek the EPAD job "to the very end." Elsewhere, he and his supporters sought to turn what opponents called his principal advantage into something he depicted as almost a handicap. "Being called Sarkozy makes things harder, which the violent personal attacks I have faced from the outset have proved," Jean told reporters. "Whatever I say, whatever I do, I will be criticized...
...city was thus thrown into shock this week when it learned that Albania, the country of Mother Teresa's parents, had demanded that her remains be returned before her birth centenary in August 2010. One of the nuns at Mother House was appalled. She couldn't understand why the country would want the Mother's remains back when it had so little connection to her. In anticipation that Macedonia - where Mother Teresa was born and lived until she was 18 - might also join in the demand, the West Bengal-based State Forum of Christians, with more than 10 million members...