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Old 07-14-2012, 12:11 PM   #118
Andrew H.
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Life plus 50 was for a world in which age of death was highly unpredictable, and writers often were men with far younger wives. Now that most author spouses have their own careers, and there are old age pension schemes, the need is gone.
Life plus 50 was enacted in 1976. I was a kid in 1976. It wasn't that different...
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