The beneficiary form on file with the custodian of an IRA controls both who inherits it and its ability to be stretched out.

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The retrofitting of existing equipment, much of it badly degraded in the course of a decade of war, will be stretched out or abandoned altogether.

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These nominating contests should indeed be stretched out.

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Dividends are also predictable and visible, unlike share buybacks which are just promises and can be delayed or stretched out.

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The facilities at Penwortham include a small bar and a modern brick pavilion but resources would undoubtedly be stretched if Flintoff were to turn out for Walmsley's side.

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Moody's also warned that France's budget may be stretched if the costs for helping to bail out indebted fellow eurozone nations and banks exposed to the debt crisis proved too much.

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But you might not have realized that the guy who sits with his legs stretched out and the woman who stands with her hands planted confidently on her hips could be gaining a little extra confidence by doing so.

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