Most prominent was a raising of the retirement age from 60 to 62.
Although they have different features, a common theme of the government's plans has been a raising of the standard retirement age, typically to 65, instead of 60.
There are likely to be reductions in some benefits, particularly for the very old, and a raising of the first year of eligibility for receiving pension benefits to 67 year old.
The Clematis Tree tells the tale of tensions within a family raising a severely handicapped child as a controversial Euthanasia Bill passes through Parliament.
Sometimes it was just a way of raising a bit of cash without losing control of the unit.
Being married is a lifestyle, and raising a family is a lifestyle.
Moreover, Reagan was unwavering in his conviction of the importance of a father and a mother raising children and the next generation of American citizens and understood marriage as a vital bond between a man and a woman.
Clinton combined his New Orleans appearance with a fund-raising luncheon for Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) and a Democratic National Committee fund-raising dinner.
As 2012 drew to a close, Congress passed a law raising the top gift- and estate-tax rate to 40% from a maximum of 35%.
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"No toilet, no bride, " has become a rallying cry for women raising a stink about the lack of a basic amenity.
Joe Biden on Tuesday, saying the Democratic vice presidential nominee had "sunk to a new low" by raising a debate over who cares more for special needs children.
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And I was lucky even back then, because I had understanding bosses, people like Secretary Solis, who shared my same values for the importance of doing a good job but also raising a good family.
So you could have someone at a big Wall Street firm who is a Democrat, who is raising money, and that the same firm, someone who is a Republican who is raising money.
But clearly African-Americans are playing a role raising money not only for Senator Obama but Senator Clinton.
After all, it is a local politician's dream: a way of raising money whilst letting a multinational company from Paris take the blame.
Then he leans over a second humidor, straightens up and holds a cigar aloft with all ten fingers, like a priest raising the Host.
Hence the first reaction on January 27th, when Hiroshi Mitsuzuka, Japan's finance minister, announced that he was quitting, was a sharp raising of international eyebrows.
Mills pushed through Congress a bill raising Social Security benefits 20%.
The presentation ended with a heartwarming video of a mother raising her child through Google Glass, taking pictures of the baby when it looked into her eyes.
The Chelsea and Skipton building societies have decided to allow a resolution raising the issue of demutualisation to be put before their annual general meetings in the spring.
It depicts five soldiers hoisting the Sri Lankan flag, looking remarkably like the iconic photograph of five marines and a seaman raising Old Glory over Iwo Jima in 1945.
Byer of The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee for her heartwarming photographs of a grandfather raising three grandchildren after the violent death of his daughter and the loss of his wife to cancer.
And the next thing we knew, there was, um, an article in the Financial Times, charting our Libor contributions and comparing it with other banks and inferring that this meant that we had a problem raising cash in the interbank market.
It was almost like being back in Harvard, but now he was a professor, dispensing erudition, occasionally raising a chuckle from an attentive audience.
The experts I talked to say the chances of Tilton floating a new CLO in this market or raising a new private equity fund are slim.
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Although a few banks raising rates may seem like a good sign, the Federal Reserve, as somewhat expected, announced it would keep the Federal Funds rate low for several years.
By the time he was 18, he had made a small fortune raising livestock and in 1943 won a national 4-H achievement award.
What follows is a hair-raising escape involving an SUV and a freight train, after which Nick concocts the grand design that brings him 200 feet above midtown.
He seemed to move in slow motion, swinging his legs out in parallel to seek a ledge, pulling to a crouch, raising one graceful arm to grab a hold.
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I'm not going to ask middle-class families to give up your deductions on a home mortgage, or your deductions for raising a kid, just to pay for another millionaire's tax cut.
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