On the other hand, it brought us fewer homicides (one of the main causes of death for hunter-gatherers), a sense of spirituality, refuge from the uncertainties of the wandering life, and the leisure to develop science and art.

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Mr Brent's plans include a residential and retail development, sport and leisure facilities to complement the Plymouth Life Centre and a proposed new grandstand at Plymouth Argyle's Home Park.

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Split by gender, the chart raises a lot of complex questions about wages, quality of life, emphasis on leisure and the role gender plays.

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In the 1990s they were redeveloped and given a new lease of life, now housing leisure facilities including a golf club, a health club and bowling alley.

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Its workmen have the leisure to enjoy life and the wherewithal with which to finance that enjoyment.

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Here, skiing and skating are less leisure pursuits than ways of life adapted to the ice-bound landscape.

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