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  • The Beastie Boys, a group formed in the early 1980s by Michael Diamond, Adam Yauch, and Adam Horovitz, are one of the longest-lived and most successful hip-hop groups.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • The New Zealand longfin eel, is one of the most important creatures in the faith of the New Zealand Maori, and one of the longest-lived and largest freshwater fishes in the world (they can grown seven feet long, and have been aged at 104 years).

    James Prosek: 'Eels': The World's Most Mysterious Fish James Prosek 2010

  • And they are among the longest-lived of vertebrates, with some individuals of a few species boasting a longevity in the neighborhood of 200-250 years.

    World Turtle Day '10 greygirlbeast 2010

  • And they are among the longest-lived of vertebrates, with some individuals of a few species boasting a longevity in the neighborhood of 200-250 years.

    "My little world and all I see..." greygirlbeast 2010

  • The New Zealand longfin eel, is one of the most important creatures in the faith of the New Zealand Maori, and one of the longest-lived and largest freshwater fishes in the world (they can grown seven feet long, and have been aged at 104 years).

    James Prosek: 'Eels': The World's Most Mysterious Fish James Prosek 2010

  • That this style of wine generally has a ridiculously short shelf life for cabernet sauvignon - one of the longest-lived red wine varietals - seems to be immaterial to most winery owners and cabernet advocates, who are happy to see these fat and happy cabernets rolled out a few years after the vintage and consumed while still in their simple, pumped up and boringly monolithic youths.

    Mayacamas - one of the greatest California Cabernets by John Gilman | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010

  • Economists have a particular fondness for studying what Democrats and Republicans have become: the longest-lived duopoly in American history.

    Death of the Duopoly Nick Gillespie 2011

  • The New Zealand longfin eel, is one of the most important creatures in the faith of the New Zealand Maori, and one of the longest-lived and largest freshwater fishes in the world (they can grown seven feet long, and have been aged at 104 years).

    James Prosek: 'Eels': The World's Most Mysterious Fish James Prosek 2010

  • At this point they will drink brilliantly in most top vintages for anywhere from another fifteen to fifty years or more (depending on the wine and vintage characteristics), so once they have emerged from their period of hibernation, chenin blanc provides one of the longest-lived white wines in the world.

    Natural wines, premox, chenin blanc, 07 Port and Rhone – John Gilman | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

  • The New Zealand longfin eel, is one of the most important creatures in the faith of the New Zealand Maori, and one of the longest-lived and largest freshwater fishes in the world (they can grown seven feet long, and have been aged at 104 years).

    James Prosek: 'Eels': The World's Most Mysterious Fish James Prosek 2010

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