Word: third
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...Third, taking money out of the current system introduces significant new risks. If a stock downturn comes, there could be serious shortfalls requiring additional spending. Furthermore, administrative costs are likely to be far higher than supporters have predicted, resulting in lower returns. Even Feldstein's plan calls for a period of Trust Fund bankruptcy from 2031 to 2052--bankrupting the system six years early. During that period, the government would have to borrow immense sums to fund the benefits without raising the real interest rate above three percent. The plan relies on further increases in returns and additional infusions...
Junior standout Mike Crosby and sophomore Istvan Sollei bolstered the Crimson's offensive effort, both delivering three goals in the MIT. defeat. Crosby scored at especially crucial moments during the match, using the Engineers' second and third quarter time-outs to rally the Crimson...
Nader said he hopes the CPD will no longer have the authority to keep third-party candidates out of the debates...
...latest violence, which has claimed almost 70 lives - mostly Palestinian - began last Thursday, when controversial Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon led a large security detachment into the compound housing the Al Aksa mosque, Islam's third holiest site and the emotional epicenter of Palestinian sovereignty claims on Jerusalem. Sharon's move was a challenge to Barak's efforts to find a compromise with Arafat on the Holy City, and it set off a firestorm of Palestinian protest. After initial clashes atop the Temple Mount, every Israeli outpost in Arafat's territory became a lightning rod of rage for Palestinians, with...
...NASDAQ has been in a serious funk, shedding nearly 400 points, more than 10 percent of its value, until suddenly a sliver of sun peeked out on Wednesday. Some credited Oracle, which lifted the index after some good news for the software maker. Others pointed to the day, the third day of the quarter, in which portfolio managers supposedly come out of their meetings and dump some investment money on the table. But for most, it seemed this cute little rally was like a flower pushing up through the tundra - not a full-blown spring yet, but hopefully a sign...