"There's a tantalizing five-year gap, stretching from when he was 27 to 32, where there's almost no record of where he was or what he was doing, " says Goyer.

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In a summer full of recent reunions by the likes of Meat Puppets, Crowded House, The Police and The Spice Girls, Imperial Teen has also regrouped after a five-year gap.

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In addition to the lost scientific opportunity, Paneth pointed to junior researchers who have a five-year gap in their CVs to show for their involvement with the NCS and to communities across the country that believed in the study but where the reputation of NIH has been substantially tarnished.

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Over the three five-year periods for which total returns are available, the gap between fallen angels and original issues steadily shrank from 1.59 to 0.64 to 0.35 percentage points.

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The Commission examines why the male-female life expectancy gap has grown from one year in 1920 to more than five years today.

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And Gap's high-end line, Banana Republic, has signed a five-year deal with Safilo Group, an Italian luxury-eyewear firm, to sell Banana Republic-branded frames and sunglasses in Safilo's Solstice stores, other retailers and possibly in department stores, too.

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