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Sanlam, the country's second-biggest life insurer, with 150.5 billion rand of assets, is the most striking example.
If Hanwha buys ING's operations, that would narrow Samsung's lead, and if Kyobo wins, it would overtake Hanwha to become Korea's second-biggest life insurer.
The bilingual-education experiment, which has shunted too many immigrants' children into a second-rank life by keeping them unfamiliar with the language of their adopted country, may then move to its desirable close.
Linden Lab was founded in 1999 and its most high-profile creation is Second Life - in which people create and adorn avatars and that live out a parallel existence in the online space.
China Life, Ping An and China Pacific, the first-, second- and fourth-largest life insurers in China, respectively, are already publicly traded, and Taiking Life, number five, is expected to have an initial public offering within the next 12 months.
On June 18, the Maddens received a second life-changing phone call.
This is possibly best thought of as a very big Experia phone with no screen and a one-second battery life, with the option to upgrade to a full PS3 experience.
Second Life -- a 3-D environment that looks kind of like a video game -- has a real economy based on "Linden Dollars, " which can be exchanged for major world currencies on a market system.
And a small but growing number of "Second Life" users, known as "in-world entrepreneurs, " are making a living off "Second Life" income, even quitting their real-world jobs.
Open to the public since January 2009 as a two-year project, it was created within the multi-user virtual world Second Life but possesses a charmingly post-apocalyptic visual sensibility all its own.
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But the 39-year-old Rosedale--whose blue eyes and spiky blonde hair make him look a bit like a Second Life avatar himself--says he's not going anywhere.
With that popularity comes opportunity -- and not only for Internet land barons like self-proclaimed Second Life millionaire Anshe Chung, but also virtual builders, landscapers and interior decorators, designers of avatar clothing and accessories, and even community moderators and governors.
Schuhmacher, who is doing 16 years to life for second-degree murder, says he was inspired by his own experience with fitness.
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The maximum punishment for second-degree murder is a life sentence, but the sentence is left to the discretion of the court.
Later in the period, the Capitals did, twice with ease in a 46-second span to win, 3-1, and give life to a question that has hounded the Rangers for years: Why is their power play so lousy?
On July 30th he announced plans to extend mandatory life sentences to second-time serious violent or sexual offenders, enormously expanding the number of tariff and parole decisions he will have to make.
Where the first is expansive, with figures pointing out of the picture plane and with food arranged on the table in the manner of a still-life, the second is more restrained and internal, concentrating on the mystery surrounding Christ, rather than on the dramatic moment of recognition.
Is the range-bound Linden Dollar of Second Life the future model of virtual currency and virtual monetary policy?
In a crash, that half-second could be the difference between life and death.
Mr Storm's firms have the second-largest share of America's life-insurance market (after Prudential).
And that screen decision has a second-order effect with regard to battery life.
Parents who refuse to properly nurture and educate their children are consigning them to a life of poverty and second-class citizenship.
Mr Zimmerman, accused of second-degree murder and facing a possible life sentence, appeared in court wearing a suit and shackled at the waist and wrists.
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Virtual games such as Second Life and The Sims Online have not only proved to be commercially successful, but have also encouraged public interest and generated a wider understanding of the possibilities that virtual reality (VR) represents.
But while innovations like e-mail, video chatting, instant messaging, Twitter and Second Life have increased the volume of Internet chatter, they haven't necessarily made long-distance relationships any more successful, Guldner says.
Another Second Life resident using the name Alex1 Richardson worried that Second Life residents would soon be paying taxes on their in-game incomes.
In Florida, a conviction for second-degree murder carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
That was the--that split second in time when my life completely and utterly changed.
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