As with doctors, the ECB could find a lawyer to offer a different opinion without any difficulty.

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Says he: "Armchair professors and bureaucrats who sit behind desks pushing a pencil all day can work until age 68 without any serious difficulty, " but manual workers are too worn out by physical labor to stay on the job that long.

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Eventually, though, without any fanfare or difficulty, I suggested that it might be better if he knocked it off.

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