It could fill the empty accounts, glue the fragmented system together and ideally make pensions much more portable.

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"It was a sea of people, " said Rathburn, who hoped to buy a Nintendo Wii game system but went home empty-handed.

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In reality, it is difficult to see F1's minnows backing a system that would see them end the season empty-handed.

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The state corrections system now has more than 11, 000 empty bunks.

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Once done, and ready to go on show, a system of trusses was needed to prevent the empty cartonnage case from collapsing in on itself.

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Regardless, the firm is touting Window's forthcoming Vista operating system as encouragement for more producers to hop on the (nearly empty) bandwagon, so if you're cool with holding out on ( questionably beneficial) 1080p flicks for another year or so, you'll (unsurprisingly) find yourself a lot richer for it.

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The electrical system is of particular interest to authorities following a fire this week aboard an empty 787 in Boston.

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Today, because Medicare pays for admissions no matter what the cause, the current system perversely encourages round trips to the hospital, especially in poor performing facilities with lots of empty beds.

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