Word: lifespan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...average lifespan of a star is 10 million years, Kirshner says. So what seems to be a huge difference, "is only one three thousandth of a star's life." He says it is comparable to "two events happening in the same second...
...week debut Lear's, a glossy upscale bimonthly for women over 40. Major firms are forming special groups to study the senior market, and at least one company that offers ageless ads has opened. "My sense is we're on the leading edge right now," says Jerry Gerber of LifeSpan in Manhattan, "way out there, totally new, totally different...
...decided to bring them back because first-run films have such a short lifespan, and people who want to see a movie often don't get the opportunity to for many reasons," said the owner, who refused to be identified...
What allows a club to survive beyond what many have labelled "the average lifespan of 1000 nights"? To a large extent, the answer is determined by the energy and stamina an owner can invest in his creation. For Rudolf the answer is simple: "I do nightlife with passion, for my own entertainment; when I get bored here, I change it." But he adds, "Some change the decor and have the illusion they're changing the club. You have to change the spirit...
...entity with a bounded lifespan, stability, and the ability to reproduce is a struggling agent subject to natural selection, Gould said. "But organisms are not the only things with these properties...