It is estimated that an American developing melanoma during his/her lifetime leaped from 1 in 1500 in 1960, to 1 in 68 in 2000, and is projected to increase to 1 in 50 by the year 2010 (Rigel, 2002; Dunlap et al, 2004).
During that time, he came close but could never beat the freakish world record that Bob Beamon set at high altitude in a once-in-a-lifetime leap at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.
All but unknown in her lifetime, she has leaped to the pinnacle of Mexican art in recent years.
Long jump star Stef Reid, 27, set a lifetime best as she leapt to silver and recorded two new Paralympic records.
To leap from a lifetime of secrecy into the pages of Rolling Stone might look a little drastic, but to Grace the strategy made a lot of sense.
Aged 11, I won a place at the local grammar school and, six years later, made the leap of a lifetime when my headmaster suggested I sat the Oxford history entrance exams.
Since February 2008, the single-play definition of amazing has been Tyree's leap of a lifetime, with New England's Rodney Harrison climbing his back, to haul in a 32-yard desperation heave from Manning, who had momentously escaped the teeth of the Patriots' pass rush.
"Theorising that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Doctor Sam Beckett stepped into the quantum leap accelerator … and vanished".
Finding a new source of replacement organs that could be grown using the patient's own cells and that could last a lifetime would, therefore, be a big leap forward.
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People born today may witness this giant leap for humankind within their lifetime, if the 100 Year Starship project has its way.
