expectation of life
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"I wonder what the expectation of life of, say, an advertising agent of thirty really is�at this moment of time, I mean."
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At the century's turn the expectation of life at birth was less than 50 years.
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Of course, if a person is older, his expectation of life is not so great .
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Every year their expectation of life at any given age is increasing.
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Justice is the highest expectation of life; it is only wise so to live that one's "expectation may not be disappointed."
From True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by Pierce, H. Winthrop