After the Sydney Olympics he stepped up to the more demanding Finn Class, meaning he had to add nearly 20 kilograms of extra body weight to be competitive in his new discipline in a bigger boat.
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Most are structured as a class action, meaning that the ones that gain legal traction will automatically include institutions with similar issues, an approach that dramatically increases the stakes.
Euclid was selected as a "medium class" mission, meaning its cost to Esa should be close to 475m euros.
The Glazers will continue to control the company through a class of supervoting stock, meaning that new shareholders will have little say on the team's future.
The president succumbed to this brinkmanship, saying he could not allow the Republicans' hostages, meaning middle-class taxpayers, to be harmed: a far cry from Bill Clinton's facing down of Newt Gingrich which led to the government shutdown of 1995.
On top of that, the cut in the payroll tax that funds Social Security will expire, meaning those same middle class families will get hit twice.
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Almost everyone seems to love Cathay Pacific for its smooth service and fantastic Hong Kong hub, but with an 81-inch-long first class bed, flat beds in business class, and shell seats in economy (meaning that even if the person in front of you reclines, their chair-back does not), Cathay's a particularly comfortable option for those who value their personal space.
Some first-class relics come with a red papal seal (meaning they've been vetted by the Vatican) and papers, usually in Latin, describing the item and its history.
The IRS only allows S-Corps to have one class of stock and they insist on equal ownership treatment, meaning no special allocations are allowed.
"You don't expect the income of the middle class in Africa to be the same as the United States, but it shouldn't be so overstretched that it may lose its meaning, " he adds, noting that the African middle class should define itself not only in relation to the continent but also in relation to international standards of consumption.
And Pegasys is the only product in its class approved for use in patients who already have cirrhosis of the liver, meaning that nonfunctioning scar tissue has replaced normal liver tissue.
In addition to income measurement, a research team led by Professor Zhou Xiaohong in Nanjing University further defined middle class occupations as professionals in management and technology, entrepreneurs, private business owners, and civil servants (meaning government officials).
The class' math scores soared, from the 21st percentile in September 2006 to the 80th percentile in May 2007, meaning they now outscore 80% of the nation's 13-year-olds.
Finally, largely Muslim Indonesia is a focus of our war on terrorism, meaning the U.S. will do whatever it can to ensure that Indonesia builds a prosperous middle class.
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