Hospitals have also proved adept in the past at evading price controls on particular drugs by prescribing other medicines or unnecessary extra tests and treatments.

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In the past year music activists in particular have proven adept at rallying public opinion.

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For all his talk of the perils of irrational exuberance, Mr Greenspan has been adept at pumping up share prices in the past.

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Over the past two years, he has tried to make the team more adept at keeping possession and creating chances against opponents who defend in numbers.

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