half-life

• If we all had the mortality rate of present-day Western 11-year-olds, our half-life would be about 1000 years. —  April's CR Diary
• The programs that got the awards all have a very short "half-life" - you use them, and return to the OS quickly (to process your results further) … —  TamsPalm - the Palm OS / web OS Blog
• Mark this official forewarning, Cedar County Highway Maintenance: half-life isotope calculations by Professor Chuck indicate your truck will be unsafe for usage until next Wednesday, and Iowahawk cannot be liable for mutations of your foolish crews! —  iowahawk
• In terms of a strong male hard on, it also performs another vital function - increasing the half-life of the endothelium relaxation factor, important for a harder and longer erection. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
• Because the atmosphere of crisis is now so thick at the White House, any moment of triumph has a fleeting half-life, but the impending passage of the seven-hundred-and-eighty-seven-billion-dollar stimulus bill provided, at least for an afternoon, a sense of satisfaction. —  The New Yorker

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