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DIED. WILLIAM ROTH JR., 82, former Republican Senator of Delaware from 1971 to 2001 best known as the architect of a popular tax-sheltered retirement account; of heart failure; in Washington. A budget watchdog who once discovered that the Defense Department was paying $9,600 for a wrench and $640 for a toilet seat, he co-sponsored the 1981 Kemp-Roth tax cuts that became a centerpiece of Reaganomics. His Roth IRA first became available in 1998, allowing people to make tax-free withdrawals for retirement, education or first-time home purchases...
...many students said that this tradition not only throws a wrench in their travel plans but also makes little sense given that some professors and teaching fellows cancel Wednesday meetings—and that those who do not often end up going through old material...
...continued absence of junior defender Jason Anderson has thrown a wrench into the Crimson’s defensive alignment and forced Kerr to adopt a four-back system. Freshman David Williams, sophomore Will Craig and captain Andrew Old seem to have found their place in this formation, but a permanent fourth defender has been elusive...
...this sounds too perplexing, you can take the easy way out. The drives at WeaKnees.com--although pricey at $159 for 80 gigabytes, all the way up to $449 for 320 gigabytes--come with the software installed, all the equipment you'll need to wrench open your TiVo, and blessedly lucid instructions. I took longer than the estimated half an hour to finish the job but only because I have a hard time remembering which way you turn a screw to loosen it (lefty-loosey, righty-tighty, just in case you're wondering). If you're similarly home-improvement challenged, WeaKnees...
...this sounds too perplexing, you can take the easy way out. The drives at WeaKnees.com - although pricey at $159 for 80 gigabytes, all the way up to $449 for 320 gigabytes - come with the software installed, all the equipment you'll need to wrench open your TiVo, and blessedly lucid instructions. I took longer than the estimated half an hour to finish the job but only because I have a hard time remembering which way you turn a screw to loosen it (lefty-loosey, righty-tighty, just in case you're wondering). If you're similarly home-improvement challenged, WeaKnees...