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... increases and of the obsolescence prevalent in modern weapons systems . Costs overruns in programs of the Health ... increased almost twice as fast as had been planned.48 There is no precedent for a similar sustained expansion in any ...
... increases and of the obsolescence prevalent in modern weapons systems . Costs overruns in programs of the Health ... increased almost twice as fast as had been planned.48 There is no precedent for a similar sustained expansion in any ...
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... increased , not just because there are more old people who survive , but also because there are more people who ... increasing in some poorer countries . But in rich countries the life expectancy of those between fifteen and forty - five ...
... increased , not just because there are more old people who survive , but also because there are more people who ... increasing in some poorer countries . But in rich countries the life expectancy of those between fifteen and forty - five ...
Page 191
... increased by the middle of the eighteenth century , but there is no doubt that new technology had made it possible for the old and rich to hang on while doing what they had done in middle age . The pampered could stay on the job because ...
... increased by the middle of the eighteenth century , but there is no doubt that new technology had made it possible for the old and rich to hang on while doing what they had done in middle age . The pampered could stay on the job because ...
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Introduction | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
Introduction | 127 |
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