One response to such inertia has been the spread of target-date funds, which rebalance automatically as the participant nears retirement age, and target-risk funds, which are managed and rebalanced according to a saver's risk tolerance, as opposed to his age.

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And both target men with prostate cancer that has spread elsewhere in the body or returned despite treatment designed to hamper testosterone production.

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RIM, of Waterloo, Ontario, is a frequent target of patent lawsuits, as the spread of cellphones makes the wireless industry among the most active battlegrounds for intellectual-property disputes.

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Bullying behavior can include people who spread rumors about someone or make a person a regular target of gossip, researchers say.

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The connection between bully and target is so seamless that hate speech can often spread more rapidly than its originator ever intended.

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When the antibodies on the surface of the nanotubes come in contact with a target protein, the proteins bind to the tubes and spread them apart a tiny bit.

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The date of 2015 was set as the target for the MDGs, which include halving poverty in the world and halting the spread of HIV.

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Ms Lane Fox also founded the Go On UK charity to spread digital skills and has her own grant-giving foundation, Antigone, funding charities that target neglected causes.

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Target (nyse: TGT - news - people ), with a smaller, more spread-out store base, has an easier time growing same-store sales, he notes.

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