Mr Kerry, for his part, offered no meaningful reform of Social Security at all, despite the fact that the retirement of the baby-boom generation will soon swing the system into huge deficits.

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Tiger Woods recently credited V1 Pro, the best-known swing recording and analysis system, with helping so many young golfers these days get so good, so fast.

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Meanwhile, the financial world relies on Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, to act as its swing producer, pumping a little more liquidity into the system when prices are soft, a little less when they drift too high.

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The games, which include space fighting, tag, golf and a crazed rabbit, are designed around the Sphero gaming system which is controlled with a tilt, touch, or swing from a smartphone or tablet.

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By comparison, last winter's mental experiment was a breeze: I spent hours in a mesmerized state watching Bobby Clampett swing in super slow motion, on his "Impact Zone: Personal Golf Mastery System" DVD.

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That effort is a reminder that when all the active-duty, reserve-component, retiree and dependent beneficiaries of the present system are added up, they exceed the margin of victory in many swing states during the 2008 election.

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