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Ninety percent of voters 50-plus said it was “very important” or “extremely important” for elected officials to prioritize preventing benefit cuts, according to the survey conducted by the NORC Civic Health & Elections Project. Support for that position cut across geographic and party lines, with 87 percent of Republicans and independents and 94 percent of Democrats backing that stance.

Thanks to Stewart’s rich baritone and noble bearing as Picard, the Star Trek: The Next Generation franchise ran for seven years, 178 episodes and produced four feature films. He was known for his slogan, “Make it so.”

Peptides are short chains of amino acids linked by chemical bonds. They’re found naturally in the body, where they act as messengers, sending signals that help control how cells function.

One of the earliest and most important examples of a peptide is insulin, which dramatically improved outcomes for people with diabetes after its discovery in 1921.