expectation of life
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Of course, if a person is older, his expectation of life is not so great .
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He speaks of the source of his earlier despair as a prolonged adolescent 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.
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Every year their expectation of life at any given age is increasing.
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In England, at the present time, the expectation of life, for persons similarly situated, is at least 50 years, giving a superiority of 20 years above the Roman citizen.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829 by Various
