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An aircraft which is used by wealthy people on their expense accounts, whose fares are subsidized by much poorer taxpayers.

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Denis Healey
Age: 98 †
Born: 1917
Born: August 30
Died: 2015
Died: October 3
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Denis Winston Healey
Baron Healey
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