Word: lifespan
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...knows the days and hours of the flower, the lifespan of the petal, the very moment when the cherry blossoms burst forth...
...billboards? Probably not. But French entrepreneur Jean-Marc Imberton and designer Marie-Angèle Godot did, and what they found spurred them to action. "We realized there was a huge problem," says Imberton, of the giant polyvinyl chloride (PVC) advertising posters common to most cityscapes and beltways. "Their lifespan is very short and they're practically indestructible. Some of them stay up for months, others are used only for an evening. We wanted to give them a second life...
This was not a request for support. This was a proposal made within the harsh reality of the nation’s affordable housing landscape, where funds to create new affordable units are scarce. Equally scarce are the government dollars that could prolong the lifespan of an aging facility like Charlesview...
Mice and rats who have undergone genetic manipulation and calorically restrictive diets have a 40 percent longer lifespan than their unmanipulated counterparts, he said in an interview Monday...
...It’s not a ridiculous guess that extending the human lifespan by 40 percent will be possible too,” he said...