In other words, if ageing humans can be patched up for 30 years, he argues, science will have developed sufficiently to make further repairs more effective, postponing death indefinitely.
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One heavy storm can cause ageing urban sewerage systems to overflow.
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills says Britain's ageing population means we can expect to see a huge rise in the number of people working in the care industry in the future, and that the retail, catering and financial industries are also likely to pick up again, employing more people.
It will take a brave and convincing leader to persuade them that some of the entitlements they enjoy are in fact privileges that an ageing population and faltering economy can no longer afford.
Another American group, the National Institute on Ageing, reckons that many octogenarians can climb stairs, go for a walk and do their shopping.
Most intriguingly of all, it seems that it can slow the process of ageing.
"I think there is a perception that dementia is an inevitable part of the ageing process and there is nothing you can do about it, " he explained.
With unemployment at a 30-year low, falling union membership and an ageing domestic workforce, the Rudd government can afford to be bold about using immigration as a tool of economic management.
The Health White Paper, published by Health Minister Deputy Anne Pryke, sets out ways the island can change to cope with an ageing society.
It desperately needs to upgrade its ageing fleet and raise its safety standards so it can expand onto European and US routes.
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It would thus appear that death can be postponed by various means and healthy ageing extended by others.
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Researchers are not able to restore the ageing section of the brain, but they believe they can do something about sleep.
Any spare cash that the airline can generate should be used to replace its fleet of 55 ageing Boeing 747s, which are an average of five years away from retirement.
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He said that considering the challenges of an ageing population, these are changes that the government - across the UK - can't afford to ignore.
Those problems - he says - can't be tackled with short term patching up of the existing ageing infrastructure.
The ageing population and squeeze on council budgets have led councils to impose stricter criteria on who can get help.
The stellar batting superstars and best pace bowler are ageing, the best spinner has lost his sting, and the pace attack lacks a genuine tearaway strike bowler who can run through the top order.
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