Rip-stop nylon needed to be invented before I could fly a powered-parachute ultralight aircraft.

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Instead of using leaflets and loud-hailers, this student protest is gathering support through Facebook, with the Stop The Great HSBC Graduate Rip-Off group so far acquiring almost 3, 500 members - an increase of about 1, 000 since the weekend.

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Loeper is the CEO and founder of Financeware, Inc. in Richmond, VA. He is author of the top selling book Stop the 401(k) Rip-off!

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