"Millennial festivities would not even exist were it not for the Gregorian calendar structured around the birth of Jesus Christ, " said the writer, who pointed out that China had its own well-established dating system centuries before the Western one went into effect.

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The court was told he treated the criminal intelligence system "as a dating agency" by accessing highly sensitive police data to perform background checks on women and their former partners after visits to victims of crime.

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Military Commissions remain an appropriate forum for detainee trials - This legal system has historically been used to try enemy combatants in wartime, dating back to the Revolutionary War.

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Though Dychtwald, 61, is an optimist, insisting there are nearly endless untapped opportunities for product manufacturers and financial services companies to produce everything from over-50 dating services to longevity insurance, in his sober moments he fears the coming burden on the health care system and entitlement programs.

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