expectation of life
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Those inaugurated between 1850 and 1900 failed to reach their expectation of life by 2.9 years, on the average.
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Every year their expectation of life at any given age is increasing.
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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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But a man may plant dwarf trees whenever his expectation of life is two years or more.
From Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by Waugh, F. A.