IWork overrides the default app system

iWork overrides the default app system. When I select a pages (or keynote or numbers) file, get info, set the default application to Pages '09 and click "change all" it does not honor my choice of default application. It reverts back to the new iWork. I need to use '09 for now but I don't necessarily want to delete the new version.
Thanks, Apple for making my decisions for me. GRRRRRRRRR
Anyway to override this? I'm getting tired of "open with" rather than just double clicking files.

Using Get Info to change all documents to open with Pages 4.3 doesn't work. It will work on individual files, but that could be a lot of files to reset.
This is what works for me. After I installed the new iWork updates I created a folder on an external drive & named it "other applications." I then moved the new iWork apps to this folder & renamed the applications Keynote 6, Pages 5 & Numbers 3. I have icons for two versions of Pages & Numbers (I rarely use Keynote) in my Dock. Even with two versions of Pages & Numbers running, double-clicking an existing file opens in Pages 4.3 or Numbers 2.3. This should also keep the Mac App Store from nagging you to update.

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