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Enchanted with Lenox, Mass., and the rustic charm of the Berkshires, they bought a large portion of the historic Wheatleigh estate.

These values indicate that only a small portion of the total contaminants actually leaches out under conditions mimicking oral contact.

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From the 1960s through the late ’90s, spurred by the ready availability of cheap, calorie-dense food—engineered to be irresistible and offered in ever-larger portions—adult obesity rates in the U.S. more than doubled.

That threshold is frozen and highly likely to be breached by the state pension from April 2027, meaning the portion of pension income over this threshold would be taxed.

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To that end, higher earners may choose to route more than just catch-up portions to Roth accounts.

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