This seems to be the first time that increased longevity has been attributed to a mechanism borrowed from the germ cells' defenses against mortality.
Scottish ministers have also been cleared to borrow up to £4.9bn on upgrading the rail network by 2019 – more than double the borrowing attributed to Scotland in 2009 – using debt funded by Network Rail at UK level.
Or to borrow a line attributed to Representative Barney Frank, "Government is simply the name we give to the things we choose to do together".
History may not repeat itself, but it does rhyme, to borrow a line often attributed to Mark Twain.
The Giuliani administration also announced yesterday that it expected to save about $20 million a year over the next 30 or so years as a result of lower borrowing costs, attributed to the recent move by three debt-rating agencies to upgrade the city's bond rating.
The South American countries with an IC of around 0.6 are the ones that exhibit more persistence, which is usually attributed to the existence of pervasive borrowing constraints to finance children's education.
Noting that the county had borrowed $469 million in 2000, the agency said the county's "lower level of borrowing can be attributed to stronger fund balances, better budgeting, reduced reliance on one-time revenue sources and implantation of improvements to cash flow projections and analysis".
Or, perhaps better, a toast, borrowed from Bernard DeVoto and attributed to several sources, including George Washington: "Confusion to the enemies of the Republic!" Ian Crouch is a contributing writer and producer for newyorker.com.
Or, perhaps better, a toast, borrowed from Bernard DeVoto and attributed to several sources, including George Washington: "Confusion to the enemies of the Republic!" An entry in the Book Bench's ongoing book-buying guide.
To borrow and paraphrase the maxim erroneously attributed to Voltaire, it was a case of disapproving of what Charlie Hebdo had published, but expressing a willingness to defend its right to do so.
