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Page 51
... 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 ...
Page 51
... 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 ...
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 ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
Specific Counterproductivity | 211 |
Copyright | |
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