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Commodity Inspection Shipping Quality and Shipping Weight
Landed Quality and Landed Weight Shipping Weight and Landed Quality
Legal Inspection
Death is normal; we are genetically programmed to disintegrate and perish, even under ideal conditions. We all understand that at some level, yet as medical consumers we treat death as a problem to be solved. Shielded by third-party payers from the cost of our care, we demand everything that can possibly be done for us, even if it's useless. The most obvious example is late-stage cancer care. Physicians—frustrated by their inability to cure the disease and fearing loss of hope in the patient—too often offer aggressive treatment far beyond what is scientifically justified.
In 1950, the U.S. spent $12.7 billion on health care. In 2002, the cost will be $1,540 billion. Anyone can see this trend is unsustainable. Yet few seem willing to try to reverse it. Some scholars conclude that a government with finite resources should simply stop paying for medical care that sustains life beyond a certain age—say 83 or so. Former Colorado governor Richard Lamm has been quoted as saying that the old and infirm "have a duty to die and get out of the way", so that younger, healthier people can realize their potential.
I would not go that far. Energetic people now routinely work through their 60s and beyond, and remain dazzlingly productive. At 78, Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone jokingly claims to be 53. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is in her 70s, and former surgeon general C. Everett Koop chairs an Internet start-up in his 80s. These leaders are living proof that prevention works and that we can manage the health problems that come naturally with age. As a mere 68-year-old, I wish to age as productively as they have.
Yet there are limits to what a society can spend in this pursuit. As a physician, I know the most costly and dramatic measures may be ineffective and painful. I also know that people in Japan and Sweden, countries that spend far less on medical care, have achieved longer, healthier lives than we have. As a nation, we may be overfunding the quest for unlikely cures while underfunding research on humbler therapies that could improve people's lives.
What is implied in the first sentence?
A.Americans are better prepared for death than other people.
B.Americans enjoy a higher life quality than ever before.
C.Americans are over-confident of their medical technology.
D.Americans take a vain pride in their long life expectancy.
Commodity inspections usually involve quality , weight , quantity and packing of the commodities .
A.A.Certificate of quality; Bill of lading
B.B.Certificate of quality; Sales confirmation
C.C.Inspection certificate, Bill of lading
D.D.Inspection certificate, Sales confirmation
Timber harvest can affect the hydrology of a site, especially the ______.
A. turbidity, quality, and the timing of water within or from the watershed
B. quantity, quality, and the timing of water within or from the watershed
C. quantity, quality, and sediment
The use of chemicals and fertilizers in farming is meant to increase ______.
A.the quantity of foods
B.the quality of foods
C.either the quantity or the quality of foods
D.the quality as well as the quantity