Word: extended
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...results of the study, made public by the University last week, show that changes in behavior may extend men's life spans by between three and 10 years, according to a University statement...
...weight of evidence supports the idea that wise adjustments of behavior can extend life span by delaying or preventing heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other chronic ailments," Paffenbarger said in the statement. "Also, it seems [to be] never too late to adopt favorable habits whether you graduated from Harvard...
Wire services spread the word around the world, and the press laid siege to his office at Paris' Kremlin-Bicetre hospital, leaving Baulieu somewhat perplexed at the sudden interest. He stresses that the pill would not extend life but might, after further testing, enable people to "age well." Even that possibility remained in doubt, though. In the U.S. Baulieu's comments sparked skepticism at the National Institutes of Health and other medical centers...
Store owners soon clashed with the government over efforts to extend transportation to the Square. The state proposed an elevated railway during the 1870s, but local entrepreneurs fought the plan. Eventually, the entrepreneurs won a compromise, and an underground subway system, which had the principal advantage of not being an eyesore, was built between 1909 and 1912, according to the Cambridge Historical Commission...
...cannot by our words, deeds or silence, condone such actions," Fineberg's statement continued. "We must condemn and isolate those who refuse to respect basic constitutional principles. The rights to protest and legitimate free speech do not extend to murder and armed assault...