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...Nick Byrd, proprietor at independent financial advisers GN Byrd and Co, said: “The question advisers will be asking for clients is: do they stay put in the final salary scheme and let the benefits accrue...
...“It doesn’t really seem like an appropriate move,” Daniel Byrd, the senior union representative among the employees, said....
...Stephen Byrd, a Morgan Stanley analyst, argued that despite the disappointing update, the sell-off was extreme....
...“It is really hard,” says Ms Contreras, 48, citing a saying from her native Mexico: “If the sky drops lemons, you learn to make lemonade . . . You have to make the best of bad things.”...
...Doreen Byrd, a black woman who moved to South Carolina in 1980, says the state is still gripped by a “palpable” sense of racism....
...“For too long children in certain parts of Chicago have been cheated out of the resources they need to succeed in the classroom because they are in underutilised, under-resourced schools,” said Ms Byrd-Bennett...
..., including the ailing Mr Byrd, not voting....
...“It does create a new dynamic,” Ms Bair said on Monday. “It [the majority] was razor thin to begin with, so it does introduce a new unknown into the process.”...
...It would be nice to think that, in the week that Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia died, his elegance of expression and thoughtful mind would be echoing through the committee room, but that will not be...
...Ms Palin could emulate Tina Fey, the actress who helped make her (in)famous, but that might require her to learn her lines, not a known talent....
...“We are still in a time where an image of a tall, really brown-skinned woman as a model of beauty and achievement is striking,” said Ms Clemetson....
...Mr Byrd’s attorney said that the jury in Mr Reyes’s criminal case had already accepted that Mr Byrd had no knowledge of illicit activities at the company....
...“It’s no longer just about youth,” says Ms Byrd....
...As part of this shifting balance, Mr Lott has even made Ms Brown's race proof of the Republicans' advance....
...Robert Byrd of West Virgina said Ms Rice was reponsible for “some of the most overblown rhetoric” used to scare the American people into a war with no end. “When will our boys come home?” he asked....
...Ms Owen's appointment has been championed by Mr Frist. But this victory is no longer his to claim....
...Ms Gupta, formerly a Justice Department lawyer, recently joined the staff of the Senate judiciary committee, to work on the nominations....
...Robert Byrd, a Democrat senator for West Virginia, put forward an amendment to lengthen the one-year ban on government officials going to work for contractors they were involved with while in government....
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