expectation of life
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Those inaugurated between 1850 and 1900 failed to reach their expectation of life by 2.9 years, on the average.
From Time Magazine Archive
He speaks of the source of his earlier despair as a prolonged adolescent expectation of life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of course, if a person is older, his expectation of life is not so great .
From Time Magazine Archive
At the century's turn the expectation of life at birth was less than 50 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
As an honest man you were entitled to no more than an honest man's expectation of life.
From Back to Methuselah by Shaw, Bernard
