The answer comes down to the programming paradigm of the separation of concerns.

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And that new paradigm trickled down far past real estate.

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Later, this lower-is-better paradigm could trickle down to the far broader swath of healthy Americans at risk of heart disease because of high cholesterol levels.

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Some doctors have been co-opted into the paradigm by profit opportunity: as normal fees have been driven down by payers, selling advanced technology to patients has been a way to maintain or grow income.

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He took the title from Jason Ronovech of Paradigm Capital Management, who missed the cut this year with his 2012 long pick of QLogic (down 35%).

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