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

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

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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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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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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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William Frey, a researcher with the Brookings Institution, which has kept detailed records and analysis of the city's population since the storm, said his analysis of 2006 census data released this month shows that those in the 25- to 35-year-old age range were least likely to be present in the city by July of last year.

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