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| For anyone seeking to understand the future and exploit that knowledge to his or her own advantage, there is no greater truth than the saying, “Demography equals destiny.” |
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Pension Plan Time Bo |
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| While the airlines have been getting most of the news concerning the failure of pension funds, they are just the tip of a massive iceberg. As we’ll explain, both America’s private and public pensions are in jeopardy. |
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New Weapons Are Pois |
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| For people of any age, the word “cancer” has carried dire connotations for generations. Until recently, that ominous sense of cancer as a killer was literally true, at least for many forms of the disease. And just 10 years ago, there were few treatments apart from the crude and devastating ones, such as chemotherapy and radiation. |
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| Anyone who has ever had to wait for hours in a doctor’s office or an emergency room knows the feeling of frustration involved in accessing health care, not only when you need it, but when you want it. |
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To Tell the Truth |
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| The device that is widely used to detect lies today, the polygraph, is simply too unreliable. It is too inaccurate for the results to be admissible in court cases. A 2002 report by the National Research Council concluded that the polygraph can’t distinguish innocent people from guilty ones. In response, the U.S. Department of Energy began relying less on the use of the polygraph to conduct security checks on its employees. |
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