Vancouver and Sydney are the only two cities to make it into the top ten in all three categories.

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The other countries to make it into the top ten of the Better Life index were, in order: Norway, Switzerland, U.S., Denmark, Netherlands, Iceland, and the United Kingdom.

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"Personally I didn't think I could do it, I've been trying to make the top 100 for nearly ten years and finally did it at the age 27, " she said.

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It takes him ten minutes to make a point he should be able to articulate in one minute.

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To make it requires three mitochondrial genes and ten nuclear genes.

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Further say that these ten decide to make the best of it and set up a society, including an economy.

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Ten years ago, it would have been a lot easier to make such loans, when property prices and stockmarkets were higher, says Akihiro Saito of Mizuho Corporate Bank.

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