That means the Yankees are faced with the age old problem that they and so many other teams have historically succumbed to: watching a player put up his best years in his 20s, and then paying him huge money afterward as his production declines.

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It's one of a new wave of groups tackling an age-old problem.

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But an age-old problem in the bee world a periodic and unpredictable dramatic rise in bee deaths in one region or another reemerged in 2004.

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"Young people looking for an exciting challenge that could lead to danger is an age-old problem, " says John Armato, 64, community relations director for the Pottstown School District.

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It's an age-old problem: do we clamor for a company to ship a product that's not ready, or do we swallow delays with grace as it aims to deliver when things are good and ready?

ENGADGET

We are for a provision that destitution should not follow unemployment by reason of old age, and to that end we have accepted Social Security as a step toward meeting the problem.

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Two million are not remotely enough to provide a policy solution to the problem of tens of millions of Americans who will be unable to afford personal assistance in old age or disability.

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