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The post-war economic development of vanquished nations can be rapid if they are not looted by the victors. For this there are two reasons. First, everything has not been destroyed: some things are merely broken; and a relatively small effort of rehabilitation is multiplied by the value of what remains serviceable. Second is the disabling of entrenched power structures, which often stand as a bar to progress.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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This car is no beast, but it's serviceable.
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The film had incredible special effects, but its story was serviceable at best.
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