Based on these results and observations, a model of glacier evolution is proposed, involving an adjustment phase, thinning phase, areal-retreat phase, and fragmentation phase.

UNESCO: Dublin Core

One change Obama has proposed would tighten the adjustment for inflation of benefits such as Social Security, meaning annual increases for future recipients would grow at a slower pace.

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Dr Anderson and his team considered some of the proposed modifications to gravity, and found that any adjustment to explain the anomalous acceleration would conflict with the observed orbits of the planets.

ECONOMIST: A space oddity

Earlier this month, President Barack Obama proposed to tweak the formula for calculating the cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for Social Security recipients.

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