On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Stephen Shafer wrote: > (vis-a-vie his longevity as effected by age)? Forgive the affected spelling quibble, but you want "vis-a-vis" - "face-to-face" - not "face-to-life". The trailing vowel makes the first "s" audible. Or maybe you intended the pun, in which case I bow in your general direction.