In Roman times the average life span was just 22 (mainly because of the appalling rate of infant mortality), by 1800 it was 40 years, 1900 around the late 40s and today it hovers around the mid-to-late 70s.
We have received many e-mails, phone calls and letters regarding the news that Ed Stourton is to leave Today late next year when Justin Webb joins the programme .
Volume has been light in the up-move and yesterday the index rallied late to post a marginal gain, but today is the first sign of some real anxiety across the pond.
Lululemon (LULU) stock is expected to be under the microscope today after news late Friday that its founder would step down as chief innovation and branding officer.
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But these words ring hollow in the face of the many small holocausts happening in the world today and about which the world community chooses to turn a blind eye to until it is too late.
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Estimates circulating in Downing Street suggest that the number of rough sleepers in London has fallen from perhaps 2, 000 in the late 1980s to below 300 today.
Egypt has reduced its prison population of jihadist suspects from an estimated 20, 000 in the late 1990s to below 5, 000 today.
Media attention went from zero-to-sixty from late last night, continuing through today, furthering the fundraiser in a wide variety of interest groups.
President Obama understands the importance of rising to these challenges today, because tomorrow will be too late.
If the drama of first contact was denied the late-arriving Pilgrims, it is even less available to travelers today.
"There has been a lot of rain in Hamilton of late and it is fair to say that the conditions we saw today at Seddon Park are far different to those we experienced earlier in the season, " coach and selector Mark Greatbatch said.
Late today, Egypt's interior minister said all the bombings were linked to attacks that took place in 2004 at the resorts of Sharm el Sheik and Taba.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved vandetanib to treat adult patients with late-stage (metastatic) medullarythyroid cancer who are ineligible for surgery and who have disease that is growing or causing symptoms.
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John McCain who today officially announced his presidential campaign -- not to be confused with the announcement he made on "The Late Show with David Letterman" in March or his "Straight Talk Express" tour two weeks later.
While women have fared better than men in the job market, this is mostly because they did not take the same hit to employment at the start of the downturn in late 2008 early 2009, Baker said today.
Daniel Okrent, author of Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, sees two parallels between today's legal and cultural marijuana environment and the late 1920s and early '30s when the move to end America's experiment with prohibition of alcohol gained steam.
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Stefano Tonchi, editor-in-chief of W magazine, called the Missonis "one of the most important Italian fashion families, " crediting their move to Milan in the late 1960s with helping make the northern Italian city the fashion hub it is today.
Obviously, we do not expect a return to the glory days of the late 1990s, but Apple's financial condition looks remarkably similar today as it did back in 1997 when it made its initial appearance as stock of the month.
He was here until late last night, and they're back in the room today, right now, continuing to make progress.
The President said that his singular focus was getting Americans back to work in an attempt to calm the markets after sharp sell-offs in Europe again today and the averages all down on Wall Street in late morning trade on Friday.
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