• If the couple can lower their income by, say, raising retirement-plan contributions or spreading the gain over several years, or both, they might reduce or avoid the extra taxes.

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  • Objects can be moved on the screen by dragging them with a finger, made bigger or smaller by spreading or pinching them with two fingers, and discarded with a flick off the screen's edge.

    ECONOMIST: Computer interfaces

  • Instead, it spreads like any other flu: someone sneezes or coughs, spreading the virus to other mammals (humans included) and onto surfaces.

    CNN: CDC: Cases of new swine flu strain rising

  • Instead, it spreads like any other flu -- someone sneezes or coughs, spreading the virus to other mammals (humans included) and onto surfaces.

    CNN: CDC: Increase seen in new swine flu strain

  • However, for those whose cancer is more aggressive, either already spreading or liable to spread beyond the prostate, or surgery is usually the first option.

    BBC: Prostate cancer

  • There will always be risks such as the European sovereign debt crisis spreading or other unforeseen crises erupting, but the task of investing necessarily entails risk.

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  • Increased sales mean the operating costs, which are more or less fixed, spreading over a greater revenue which will result in higher operating margins for the company.

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  • As he spoke, I wondered if the bugs in the wall had bitten his face or if the bumps spreading across his forehead were due to an infection.

    NEWYORKER: Cell One

  • For two decades, scientists have sought a vaccine that would keep HIV from spreading, or at least from turning into full-blown AIDS. Their slow toil has led to a string of failures.

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  • At Thursday's meeting, contractors outlined their next steps for dealing with the situation: figuring out a way to test the extent of contamination, then strategizing how to remove it without spreading it or exposing workers, the contractors said.

    WSJ: Toxic Radioactive Find Adds to Hanford Cleanup Woes

  • That said, most physicians and public health experts recommend people to stick to the basics for flu prevention: washing your hands thoroughly, getting a flu shot, staying home for work or school to avoid spreading the virus, and vigorously cleaning surfaces that you frequently touch.

    FORBES: Can Your Smartphone Spread The Flu?

  • As I pointed out a couple of days back, talk about a new cheaper iPhone (or iPhone Mini) is spreading.

    FORBES: Is Apple's Cheaper iPhone Coming At $100 A Piece?

  • Until now, there have been no credible nationwide data on how widespread drug-resistant tuberculosis is in India, or how rapidly it is spreading.

    WSJ: Tuberculosis Strain in Mumbai Doesn't Respond to Main Treatment

  • He laughed, saying the opposite was true: One cancer increases the odds of getting another cancer, or of the original cancer spreading to other organs.

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  • But who should do the spreading: governments or private people?

    ECONOMIST: Giving it away

  • The packages have not been sufficient to calm the markets or stop the rot from spreading: 2010 ended with Fitch downgrading Portugal and putting Greece on negative rating watch.

    ECONOMIST: A bearish perspective on the market in 2011

  • "Intentionally spreading false rumors or engaging in collusive activity to impact the financial condition of an issuer will not be tolerated and will be vigorously and aggressively investigated, " it said.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • But falling short of real-time price displays, the system would be less effective than exchange trading in stopping a counterparty in a trade from defaulting--or a fire from quickly spreading.

    FORBES: Heads Up

  • Tests showed the waste, which likely contains strontium and cesium, wasn't spreading into the river or groundwater.

    WSJ: Toxic Radioactive Find Adds to Hanford Cleanup Woes

  • Press down on the center, spreading the dough, or roll into a 7- or 8-inch circle -- the outer border a little thicker than the inner circle.

    CNN: Pizza Dough

  • We have fewer details about that at the moment, but there are also reports coming in that there may have been firing in another hotel in another part of the city, so we don't know if this is confined to the southern area of Mumbai, where I am, or if it's actually spreading out across the city.

    CNN: Stevens: Mumbai put into lockdown as attacks continue

  • Board members also need to stop spreading themselves thin on five or 10 boards at a time.

    CNN: More reform and less hot air

  • And where is the rescue fund or firewall to prevent the Greek crisis spreading to Italy and Spain?

    BBC: Europe dithers as Greece vote looms

  • There will be a run on several Eurozone banks and a severe recession, or possibly a depression will ensue, spreading across much of the region.

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  • The new sultan will be chosen from Sokoto's ruling dynasty - descendents of Uthman Dan Fodio, who launched a jihad, or holy war, in 1804, spreading Islam across northern Nigeria and its neighbours.

    BBC: The Sultan of Sokoto Mohammadu Maccido

  • The tech community is split over AWS's troubles: Some commentators blame customers for failing to build more redundancy into their cloud products by spreading service over multiple data centers or regions.

    WSJ: The Sun Shines on 'The Cloud'

  • The FAA gave Boeing permission last month to test the revamped system, which includes additional insulation around each of the battery's eight cells to prevent a short circuit or fire in one of the cells from spreading to the others.

    NPR: FAA Approves Resumption Of Boeing 787 Flights

  • Over 50 institutions or families have started multi-family offices, spreading the costs of their office by sharing its services with other families.

    ECONOMIST: A survey of the new rich

  • It is expected to take several days to establish whether or not the deadly fungus has been stopped from spreading into the wider environment and native woodlands.

    BBC: Survey in forest

  • Whether by seeding clouds, spreading giant mirrors in the desert, or injecting sulfates into the stratosphere, most such plans seek to replicate the effects of eruptions like Mt.

    NEWYORKER: The Climate Fixers

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