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...been sluggish in responding to the scary statistics. In seven years, the oldest boomers will turn 65; by 2030, 1 out of 4 drivers will be 65 or older. Not all older drivers pose safety hazards, but people 75 and older have more fatal crashes than any other group except teenagers. And drivers who are cognitively impaired--about 25% of the 65-and-older group--are 7.5 times as likely as nonimpaired drivers to be at fault in a crash, exceeding the rate for even drunk drivers...
...lived at the time of Christ, but not for very long. By about age 5, this little Egyptian girl, less than 4 ft. tall, had passed on to what her people believed was the next life. In preparation for the journey, her body's internal organs--all except for the heart--had been removed and replaced with aromatic preservatives. Then she was wrapped in cloth, mummified and placed in a casing made of a papier-mâché--like material called cartonnage...
...tape and the poor enforcement of laws [deter] investors; our country's strategic location?in the middle of the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean?and our high-quality workers cannot offset that. In the global economy, anything that a country lacks, it can import and outsource?except for two items: good governance and national pride, which must be homegrown...
...toys and then gone on to help Hasbro steward its branding strategies. But at 48, Shiffman decided to leave toyland behind. For several years he took cruises and worked on his golf game. After successful surgery for a brain tumor, he was even more determined to settle into retirement--except that he got bored. So Shiffman, who endorsed Hasbro's purchase of Tiger for $335 million in 1998, is jumping back into the game with a new company called Zizzle and a mysterious new toy, iZ (pronounced...
...announcement led to sighs of relief around the ECAC—except in Hanover, of course—as Jessiman, a former conference Rookie of the Year, will now forego his senior season with the Big Green...