Its proponents hope the grandeur of the Burj Khalifa--as it was recently renamed, for the Abu Dhabi president who's financial bailout saved Dubai late last year--will make stakeholders forget the Gulf state's crushing debt crisis.

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Reforming the welfare state so as not to pass a crushing burden to the next generation has reached almost existential importance in Japan.

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Those killed included two cousins in New Jersey, ages 2 and 7, who'd huddled with their families in a tent in Parvin State Park when strong winds felled a pine tree, crushing them.

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In fact, the reporter for the state-wide paper that first broke the story about the crushing of the hard drives, you know, was condemned as, for Jason Blair-type tactics.

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And it has accumulated a crushing load of debt for retiree pensions and healthcare, now totaling more than taxpayers spend each year on all state programs combined.

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