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...SAID RECENTLY THAT UNLESS CONGRESS REFORMS TRADITIONAL PENSION PLANS SOON, THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE "VERY BAD." IF I'M A WORKER APPROACHING RETIREMENT AT A TEETERING COMPANY, WHAT DOES "VERY BAD" MEAN? If your retirement dreams hinge upon a pension plan that's underfunded, that threat is real. That threat is huge. We have $450 billion in underfunded plans, and $100 billion of that is with financially ailing companies...
...Dave Adams, a spokesman for the Federal Air Marshal Service, said Alpizar "was carrying the backpack and walking down the aisle yelling 'I've got a bomb in the backpack.'" But several passengers recall events differently. "I never heard the word bomb on the plane," says McAlhany, a construction worker from Sebastian, Fla., who notes, "I don't think they needed to use deadly force with the guy. He was getting off the plane." Jorge Borrelli, an Orlando architect who was also on the flight, says he thinks Alpizar may have feared being the victim of a terrorist attack...
...some cases extended his contour considerably. At first they elaborated his story to buttress embattled doctrines like the virginity of Mary. Later interpreters repurposed him to respond to crises in the church or in society, as various Popes raised up the image of Joseph as the Family Father, the Worker, or the patron of the entire church. It is a varied cavalcade, and it can be hard to imagine all those Josephs meshing into a single personality; but then, a certain capaciousness is practically a job requirement for a biblical figure. Notes the Rev. Joseph Chorpenning, editorial director...
...think they needed to use deadly force with the guy," says John McAlhany, a 44-year-old construction worker from Sebastian, Fla. "He was getting off the plane." McAlhany also maintains that Alpizar never mentioned having a bomb...
...votes was introduced yesterday and immediately denounced by the Election Commission as well as all three presidential and vice-presidential tickets. The campaign managers for the three tickets have all gone on the record to say that their campaigns will not buy or sell votes and any campaign worker who does so will be fired. “We hope that students realize that though the buying and selling may be legal, it is certainly immoral and unethical,” said Gabriel M. Scheinmann ’08, campaign manager of the Magnus Grimeland ’07-Thomas...