facts of life

Sooner or later, those feelings — and the economic facts of life — may catch up with the president.

Their speed is altering fundamental facts of life—things as basic as time and space.

After hearing the late CBS basketball commentator Billy Packer admonish college coaches to recognize the hot hand phenomenon, a friend of mine sent him my textbook summary of Gilovich’s team’s facts of life.

“Something that happens to you, when you have some sort of disability that changes your awareness, that changes your interaction with facts of life,” Simon said, reflecting on his hearing loss.

Maybe it’s just me, but I’m not sure these qualify as the most basic facts of life.