But for those already over 65, whom the Ryan plan would not affect, the gap was only two percentage points.
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But pension funds are already over-invested in shares by historic standards, so this may not happen.
We had a terrific thunderstorm this morning, but it has already blown over.
But already ministers were resigning over other, much nastier issues: charges of widespread tapping of telephones, including the ministers' own, and then the sudden removal of citizenship from the main shareholder, a naturalised Peruvian, of the television station that had made the charges.
Chen Shui-bian took office just 100 days ago, but his presidential honeymoon is already over.
It made no difference to the outcome of a tie already over, but the five-time world champions will face a stiffer test against the Dutch in Port Elizabeth on 2 July.
Not only does this risk creating another bubble, but rising asset prices are encouraging already over-indebted households to borrow yet more to invest in already-pricey assets.
This transition has been halting and is still very far from complete, but it has already brought vast improvements over the Khmer Rouge's murderous and economically disastrous misrule.
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At a financial firm, hindsight tells me I could have negotiated a higher starting salary, but it was already a great increase over my salary at the non-profit I had left just a short time prior.
The European crisis is far from over, but it already has important lessons for the United States, where federal deficit figures are treated as poison darts to be thrown among politicians, rather than as an important problem needing adult solutions.
Some watchdog groups have already raised concerns over the ethics of such a book but Mrs Clinton has already said she plans to give a portion of the money to charity.
Most of the time we can help, but in some cases, they have already over-leveraged their contract proceeds.
But some analysts were already sounding the alarm over a military takeover.
But I, for one, was already over the Big Game commercial hype.
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They say it's going to hurt already troubled recruitment efforts, but debate continues over what is the place of servicewomen once the shooting starts?
But now that part of the storm is already over land, Carlotta is not expected to get any stronger and should weaken over Saturday, the hurricane center predicted.
Another person has already been detained over the case but the police say they are continuing to search for Mr McAfee, the BBC's Central America correspondent Will Grant reports.
But the various branches of Hamas, already divided over attempts to reach an accord with its secular rival, Fatah, which it ousted in January's election, are practically in open war over the abduction.
Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle delivers a speech Friday, but has already launched an election-year debate over the economy with a fresh slap at President Bush's tax cuts and a call for a "growth agenda" for a country hammered by terrorism and recession.
This election may at last be almost over, but the Republican backlash is already brewing.
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Television's fall premiere week isn't over yet, but it's already found its first victim.
The conqueror had come a vast distance, but the company the investors were already licking their chops over was still a spring lamb.
At this time it's still unclear if this error will prevent prosecutors from refiling charges against Long, but it does cast a large shadow over this already murky case.
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But Johnson was already in his sixties when he took over, leaving the 51-year-old Novakovic plenty of time to prove she had the acumen to run the whole enterprise.
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But Rangers had already secured the title with a victory over Hibernian and finished the season six points clear of Celtic despite their Glasgow rivals' win over Hearts in Edinburgh.
Mr Lansley said he did not want Mr Francis to go over the ground already covered, but focus instead on how the culture in the NHS allowed this to happen.
Forcing bond insurers to hold exposure to credit derivatives while ceding good liabilities like municipal bond insurance would swamp their already over-leveraged capital bases, but save municipal bond investors, taxpayers and local governments from further losses, Spitzer said.
Who the Rt Rev Justin Welby is, and what sort of leader he'll make will emerge over time, but it's already clear that he will link the mission of the Church, the need to do the work of Christianity, with practical measures.
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