These composites were initially banned in 2009, but they can be used now as long as BBCOR standards are maintained for the duration of a bat's life.

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And the rise in the book value of their equity holdings adds to the proportion of risky assets held by life companies, adding also to the mismatch of duration.

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Atop this vehicle would sit a capsule, called Orion, equipped with the life support technologies able to sustain humans on long-duration missions.

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