And all of a sudden that big ball, the baby boomers, are going from being the payers of the welfare state to the consumers of the welfare state.

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He rolled, boot-camp style, a protected ball, in the shelter of a baby grand, from which he eyed the dog with dread.

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This should be a Democrat issue, since the entitlement programs are their baby, but they seem to be fumbling the ball so perhaps they need some encouragement from conservatives.

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And now he is here, a baby boy, named Jesse, strong and built like a rugby ball, with a spiky ribbon of blond hair running down the top of his head, and a long smile that just floors us every time.

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After the two cells fuse, the site goes on, they divide over and over again to create a ball of cells called an embryo that goes on to become a baby that grows inside the mother for nine months.

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