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A 1970 contract negotiation between GE and its unionized workforce is unimaginable today. A strike then slowed production for months at 135 factories around the country. With inflation running at 6 percent annually, the company offered pay raises of 3 percent to 5 percent a year for three years. The union rejected the offer, and a federa…

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After decades of study devoted to describing the negative effects of dementia, a new generation of researchers is pursuing a more encouraging line of inquiry: finding ways that seniors can slow the inevitable decline. One vein of this research, still in its infancy, considers whether seniors could reduce the risk of dementia if they engag…