Every item that is part of an airplane, down to its nuts and bolts, must be certified as safe before the FAA approves that type of plane as safe for flight.

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The shock has propelled some moneyed buyers to consider a new, high-tech type of residence: the self-sufficient safe house that can withstand storms and power outages.

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He goes on to say that smaller units are extremely safe because they are immune from the type of events that occurred in Japan.

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Instead, Bush said, the dollar is benefitting from flight-to-quality type buying on global economic slowdown worries since other safe havens such as the yen and Treasurys are also higher.

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Yet, because investors see bonds as so safe, they are now the fastest-growing type of emerging-market debt.

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