Patients with repaired joints have shed wheelchairs and canes and walk steadily.
A couple of miles away, a 200-year-old gilded frame is being repaired with newly cast ornamentation, while a woodworker using 18th century tools steadily guides his chisel into a thick chunk of maple.
Infrastructure, repaired.
Wall-E, now rusty, run-down and constantly repairing himself, has worked steadily over the centuries, compacting rubbish and piling it into giant pyramids on his arid urban wasteland.
The mean number of days spent in hospital decreased steadily for all repair types (p < 0.01) with patients undergoing lip repairs admitted for the shortest duration throughout the period examined.
Duncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England, warned that although there were fewer entries on the register than last year – 5,341 compared with 5,478 – many that remain or have been added are neglected and decaying, with the cost of repair steadily rising.
The US should dial back its aggressive monetary policy, focusing on repairing its own economy's structural problems, while emerging markets should respond by allowing their exchange rates to appreciate steadily, thereby facilitating the growth of domestic demand.
