Word: lifespan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sense, the play's message is straightforward. The protagonist, a man named Fifty (indicating his lifespan), is rebelling against a his society, a futuristic world in which people's lives are based on their anticipation of death. Each character learns at birth how long he will have to live, but is forbidden from revealing his moment of death to anyone else. Everyone's age is public knowledge, but only an individual knows when his "moment" will occur...
...John R. Murphy, associate professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, said his experiment next month would be safe, citing tight laboratory security and the toxins' short lifespan in the atmosphere as factors working against any diphtheria spread...
...into account in calculating post-retirement benefits, even though price increases can wipe out the value of a pension. An annual inflation rate of 10% will halve the buying power of a retirement check in about seven years. Someone who lives 15 years after retirement at 65, the normal lifespan today, would be receiving a pension worth only about 25% of its original value at the time of his death. Concedes John Balch, vice president and treasurer of the Jewel Companies, a supermarket and drugstore chain: "In most cases right now, pensions end up being inadequate." Edward O'Gorman...
Along the way, Georgakas arrives at four general recommendations to increase one's lifespan. These include strict exercise regimens marked by rhythmic walking; diets with little meat and few additives; a stressless temperament devoid of vast emotional peaks and valleys; and avoidance of the environmental hazards he so bitterly criticizes...