How lucky, then, for young Burnham to be alive in the 1990s and possessed of an extremely rightward Bell Curve IQ.
"Here, there are no guarantees that you will be alive in the future, whether you are old or young, " she says.
Organizers chose not to wait for the 25th milestone because many survivors and vets may not be alive in another five or 10 years.
But certain ideas may have trickled down and may still be alive elsewhere in the network.
The steroid era might, allegedly, be over in Major League Baseball, but it appears to be alive and well in high school sports.
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The so-called American dream seems to be alive and well in China, but brands that miss the fundamental difference in emotions and motivations are not likely to be successful.
His other stipulations are that use of his gift must meet all legal requirements of charity and that Bill or Melinda must be alive and active in the foundation for the pledge to hold.
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It had to be to keep us alive in the wild.
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Then, I actually had to do the work, growing their businesses and pushing their management to be excellent and come alive in their own day jobs.
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And yet I do feel lucky -- lucky to be alive and grateful to be in the midst of a season of fewer struggles.
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Paul Jacobs, 23, from Stourbridge, says he is "lucky to be alive" after being injured in August 2009 while serving with 2nd Battalion The Rifles.
Sabatino, the lawyer, says that patients can say they would not want to be kept alive with a feeding tube in every state.
Put another way, if Rand were alive, would she be reveling in the renewed attention she is receiving as a measure of her success?
Although Brunner could still be alive - he was once sighted in Syria - he would be almost 97 and both the Klarsfelds believe that he is long dead.
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Yes, it was a crazy time to be alive -- so crazy, in fact, that our dear parents at Engadget saw fit to spin off the choicest, juiciest cuts of phone news into a site to call their own.
Mr Vernon-Jackson said there were about 400 Arctic convoy veterans still alive but that most would be in their late 80s and 90s.
Do you feel that Da Vinci and Edison would be investors in financial markets if they were alive today?
Leopardi would only be confirmed in his opinion if he were alive today.
"I would encourage families to be hopeful, to be present, and to really keep hope alive in their heart, " Schwamm said.
Paine says that without a classic album under his belt, Lil Wayne can't be considered in the running for best rapper alive.
If a defibrillator had been nearby, "there is no doubt in my mind Louis would be alive today, " said Louis' dad, John Acompora.
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Oh and thanks because this will make a great blog posting showing our point on how Alive and Well Social Media will be in the future.
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The political tools gained in these difficult fora will be crucial in keeping the work of Unep alive even as its future is decided within the UN's higher echelons.
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Had today's computer-controlled jet engines been around in 1979, Munson would likely be alive and flying today.
Should taxpayers' money be devoted to keeping grandmother alive for an extra month in an intensive-care unit?
"I learned that life can be shared in the moment and be just as alive as if it had been experienced together, " she says.
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Her family said in a statement that Miss Moore would be alive if the police had acted differently.
"The wireless broadband space, as far as a competitive space is concerned, is alive and will be doing quite, quite, well in the very near future, " Walls said.
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