One candidate is winter-fuel payments, which go to all households with someone over 60.

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When talking about Hollywood salaries people in this town inevitably go right to how much someone will eventually make over the life of the film.

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What compels someone charged with keeping the peace to go over the edge like this?

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Why would they tell someone who has been playing over 5 years to go to a forum?

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Google will do about as well gathering you the same information for free, but if you think technology can stand in for getting to know someone over a meal or a beer, maybe you should go back to Wharton.

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