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Although leaving bread when you’re dead gets most of the attention, baby boomers, Generation X and financial advisers could look at a more helpful, immediate alternative: giving while living.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
The researchers compare this behavior to a road system finding alternative routes when its usual roads become blocked by ice.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Her latest application to New Zealand, which included all the details of the alternative routes she'd been trying, as well as her son's upcoming wedding and mother's failing health, was also rejected.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
"I'm disappointed that there hasn't been the investment in the health services and mental health services to ensure that there's a backfill, alternative service," she added.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The Anvil, a local alternative paper, dispatched reporters into the streets to gauge public reaction the morning following the disturbance.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Jails: In 2020, 57% of county voters approved Measure J. This mandated that at least 10% of locally generated, unrestricted revenue be allocated to incarceration alternatives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
High prices encourage consumers to conserve resources and seek alternatives, while for producers they motivate more investment to capture those extraordinary profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Further studies will be needed to determine whether the sweeteners themselves contribute to changes in brain function, why certain groups appear more strongly affected, and whether different sugar alternatives produce different long-term outcomes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
The commenter had spent considerable time walking delivery workers through specialty aisles and negotiating alternatives, an especially frustrating undertaking when dietary restrictions were involved.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
Since the experimental evidence known to us could not yet distinguish between two- and three-chain models, he wanted to pay equal attention to both alternatives.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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