Economists still argue whether its aggressive buying of rivals and cut-throat pricing accelerated or retarded the growth of the industry and the ready availability of cheap fuel.

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Others were first called learning-disabled, mentally retarded or mentally ill.

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Arguably though, traditional British-made films, which have portrayed the British as emotionally retarded fops, amateur gangsters or unemployed depressives, are no more flattering to the country than their glitzier Hollywood counterparts.

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