Program X, in killing off poor George and Mary precisely at their life expectancies, is providing no value to all the benefits George and Mary may receive after they exceed their life expectancies.

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In childhood he was told by his father, Manuel, the story of the 20-year-old, dirt-poor farm boy named George Washington Perry who caught a 22.3 pound bass in Georgia in 1932, establishing the current record.

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou brings to mind the poor neighbor, whose unruly children deposit their garbage on the front lawn.

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George Bush the elder was a poor debater, which he freely acknowledged.

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Others suggest the history of poor relations between America and Israel during the administration of George W Bush's father may have undermined the Republican vote.

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He teamed up with Carnegie Mellon economist George Loewenstein and others to test 87 residents of a poor village in India on a variety of tasks involving memory, fine motor skills and creativity.

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For those interested in the charitable works of the very rich, the new Forbes 400 issue has several important stories, including a conversation on wealth and responsibility between Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz and a profile of George Kaiser, the publicity-shy Oklahoma oilman who is trying to help poor kids in own back yard.

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