It can strike in the prime of life and is one of the few cancers whose incidence is exploding, for unclear reasons.
Seau, like others, was in what non-super athletes call the prime of life (43 years old), on the cusp of prime time earning potential.
Quite the opposite: person after person in their fifties and sixties talked of being in the prime of life, about their enthusiasm for hard work, new job skills, new opportunities.
The distaste people may initially feel for the idea of "commercializing" organ transplants should be readily overcome by the unassailable fact that thousands of people--many in the prime of life--are needlessly dying.
Hugh Masekela devoted the prime of his life to the struggle of his lifetime ending apartheid in South Africa.
Imagine yourself in the prime of your life and being thrust into something of which life and death hanged in the balance.
He spoke of how her family described her in victim impact statements as full of life and without a bigoted bone in her body, a girl who had been gunned down in the prime of her life.
Ms Steenkamp, who had been in the prime of her life, was well known in social circles and had graced the covers of a number including men's magazine FHM - but most South Africans would have known her simply as Mr Pistorius's girlfriend.
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With no salvation in sight, violence took a nasty turn in Gaza in the middle of December, with the killing of three sons of a Fatah security chief and an apparent attempt on the life of Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, of Hamas.
The Human Rights Act was an obstacle to protecting the lives of British citizens because it enabled terrorist suspects freely to enter the country and prevented the expulsion of those who threaten the life of a British prime minister.
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Apart from the speeches celebrating the life of the former prime minister, several of the leaders attending the launch made substantial financial pledges to the foundation.
Across social media, where this election has a life of its own, comments poured in to commend Mr Sharif, the two-time prime minister now facing the fight of his political life against Mr Khan.
He wants to stay on as president, with enhanced powers to oversee the work of the elected prime minister, and to institutionalise the armed forces' role in public life by means of a powerful National Security Council which the men in khaki would dominate.
The Center believes that, while they are at it, the President and the Thai prime minister should go beyond simply trying to mitigate the loss of life of the democratic Laotian resistance.
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According to The Associated Press, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday he believes the loss of life in Myanmar has been "far greater" than is being reported.
Another run at Italy's highest office would be just the latest chapter in the life of the charming, billionaire three-time former prime minister.
For those unacquainted with the love life of the Australian prime minister, I am referring to Tim Mathieson, her long-term boyfriend who lives with her at The Lodge in Canberra.
Xia believes China Life would be the prime beneficiary of expected growth in the Chinese insurance market.
Mr Prescott's strategy has also been undermined by his failure to gain the wholehearted support of the prime minister, who knows that there are few votes to be gained from making life more difficult for motorists.
The rover's mission is to determine whether Mars ever had an environment capable of supporting life, and its prime target is Mount Sharp, the 18, 000-foot (5, 500-meter) peak about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) to the south.
Prime Minister George Papandreou is in the fight of his life.
Only 19% of people consider Parliament one of the three most influential institutions in their life, down from 30% in 2004, and the importance of the prime minister is rated even lower.
In 1989, Christer Pettersson was found guilty and jailed for life for the 1986 murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.
David Cameron will be pondering what the implications of this election could be for internal party discipline: could UKIP's march forward see the battalions of Eurosceptic Tory MPs make life awkward for the prime minister?
Even the fact that Parliament had been recalled from its Easter recess to debate the life of the 20th Century's longest-serving prime minister opened up wounds.
Initially trained as a chemist, Margaret Thatcher retrained to be a lawyer, then followed her passion and entered political life at a time when the idea of becoming a female Prime Minister was almost inconceivable- even to herself.
"The state will do all that it must and that is possible, to guarantee the resumption of normal life in this important and productive land of Italy, " Prime Minister Mario Monti said on Tuesday.
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