His basic point is surely right: the human condition cannot be reduced to mere accounting pluses and minuses.

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For those who have not, it is a condition of flight in which lift is reduced to such an extent that normal flight ceases and the aircraft becomes a brick.

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One jaw is the reduced spending power because of those cuts in government grants and the general condition of the economy.

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Cabinet ministers were reduced to asking each other, and even in some cases the media, for information about her condition.

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His legal team say his mental condition has been in remission for about 20 years, while his secondary diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder had reduced.

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