Contemporary archaeologists of the Bronze Age prefer scientific analysis of potsherds and bones to grand theories.

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When he arrives at the modern age, however, his analysis differs.

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The type of insurance policy plays a big role in the analysis, as does the age difference between the husband and wife, and whether or not they wish to leave a bequest, Mr. Collins found.

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Worse: Although the pay gap is around 7 percent for workers age 20 to 24, it escalates to 24 percent for full-time workers age 45 to 54, according to the AAUW analysis.

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Instead of checking in to some wildly expensive spa for a few days of wired-up analysis by teams of kinesiology eggheads with space-age machines, how about doing a some deep data-mining using the soggy, smelly, salt-stained socks and shirt and shorts in your workout bag?

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Being a childless woman of child bearing age, I am a walking target for people's concerned analysis.

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So, again assuming that this analysis is correct, we seem to have come to the end of the age of cheap oil.

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And a November analysis by Civicyouth.org at Tufts University noted that younger black males (age 18-24) have never been as excited about Barack Obama as women are.

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And the Urban Future report's analysis found that even well-heeled Manhattanites with children tend to leave once they reach the age of 5 or above.

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