Today, there's a new twist: creating special events to remind the public that you're still alive and breathing.

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You're still alive ... just be stubborn.

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If anything, you need to increase it, to show the world that you're still out there and alive and fighting for a piece of limited budgets.

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But it still makes sense to transfer some excess wealth while you're alive, so long as you can do so without paying gift tax.

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You can see how the girls have grown up in the four years, and they're still so alive and vibrant, but more sophisticated.

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