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Money experts warn that it's a bad idea. But a steady flow of people past the age of 50 are funding new businesses and nonprofits with their retirement savings anyway--and having enough success (or fun) to brag about it. About a third of self-employed people over 50 didn't strike out on their own until after the big five-oh. These people say they'd rather be in business than in Boca, and they view their pensions and home equity as a lifeline to remaining productive and engaged after retiring...
...nods and brow furrowings. Somehow, the kid gets the message. "I can't cook ..." Linguini says, and the rodent shakes his head no. "But you can?" Remy answers with a Gallic shrug so eloquent it says many things. First, a modest "Eh, a little." Beneath that: "Well, not to brag, but I'm actually quite proficient." Most important: "Trust me. Together we'll cook up some magic...
...have a feeling she’s not going to brag about it. She’ll be like, ‘Hey, I’m Emily,” Quintanar said. “Maybe she’ll come to our [club] banquets...
...Rice is determined to avoid adding a picture of herself with Syria's foreign minister to Assad's brag-book, at least until he shuts down the pipeline of Sunni militants that runs through Syria into Iraq...
...ripe age of 41, surgeon and writer Atul Gawande has a lot to brag about. In addition to joining the faculty at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2003, he has been a staff writer for the New Yorker since 1998, served as a senior health policy advisor in the Clinton administration from 1992 to 1993, and is currently an assistant professor at both Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health...