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Nature 453, 588-590 (29 May 2008) | doi:10.1038/453588a; Published online 28 May 2008

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Retiring retirement

Peter A. Lawrence1

  1. Peter A. Lawrence (66) is in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
    Email: pal@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk

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The United States and Australia have done away with this archaic practice. Peter Lawrence says it is time to end mandatory retirement worldwide.

The evening's the best part of the day.— The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro