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Of course, there were counter examples where higher pay did correlate with higher job satisfaction, but in general we found little evidence that level of pay translates to level of job satisfaction.
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Fitzgerald's remark about there being no second acts in American lives is so good, one almost hates to cite counter examples, but Robert Mondavi founded the winery that made him famous at the age of 53, after a successful career at Charles Krug.
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Nor does he accept that reform-minded governments always lose elections, citing counter-examples such as Britain.
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Yet like many other businesses, telecoms is littered with counter-examples suggesting that size means loss of agility.
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But no one can guarantee that this will always be the case, and there are plenty of counter-examples.
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There are, however, some notorious counter-examples, such as France's 35-hour week or the German government's decision to bail out Philipp Holzmann, a construction firm.
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Despite this, there are a surprising number of counter-examples.
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But sceptics could point to counter-examples.
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But there are plenty of examples where regulation could be counter-productive: a permanent ban on short-selling, for instance, would make markets more volatile.
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Examples include health insurance premiums (Medicare, Medigap, and private), over-the-counter medications, and fees from services such as assisted living facilities, nursing homes and in-home care.
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