Wave refraction: process by which the direction of approach of a wave changes as it moves into shallow water.

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We have entered an era now where much health commentary has swung, I would argue, too far in direction of the Dartmouth Atlas or Peter Orszag approach of assuming that every costly, innovative procedure is evidence of how wasteful our health care system can be.

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Finally, and perhaps most importantly, during this period of uncertainty in corporate direction, a wait-and-see approach to the shares makes sense.

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What's missing due to this approach is the sense of an alternative government, of spelling out a different direction for the country that a Tory-led administration would take.

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