Combat soldiers need the illusion of immortality that 19-year-olds have.

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Should Calzaghe beat Jones, he will secure the ultimate boxing immortality of retiring unbeaten - an achievement that proved beyond some of the greatest names in the sport's history.

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Someone actually thought about these concepts before committing them first to paper and then to C-SPAN immortality.

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Based on the island of Lanzarote, this sect offers hope in a morally bankrupt post-religious society by promising immortality.

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For the superrich, money can represent power, prestige, influence--or a certain measure of immortality, if it is ultimately used to finance some visible endeavor like finding a cure for cancer.

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Mooncakes have been the dessert of choice for Chinese families gathering together during the Mid-Autumn Festival to celebrate the Moon Goddess of immortality.

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But even low-quality ones give his genes extra chances for immortality.

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It seeks to introduce visitors to ancient Han ideas about immortality and to explain what life was like at the Han courts, which the tomb-palaces mirror.

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