In the industrialized nations, life expectancy has increased to an average of about 80 years and that sounds like good news. Consequently, man's longcherished dream of (i) $$\qquad$$ seems to be coming true. Yet, the luxury of a prolonged stay on this planet is a burden that most governments may not be able to bear in the long run. The cost of caring for the older citizens is sure to be high and ideas about how to (ii) $$\qquad$$ it seem to be few. Add to it, the reality of lower birth rates in certain countries, and you have a set of (iii) $$\qquad$$ that are very different and far more complex from what was the case in the 1960s or 70s, when death arrived much sooner and there were far more youngsters.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)	Blank (iii)
A. longevity	D. finance	G. alternatives
B. immortality	E. sideline	H. demographic patterns
C. omnipotence	F. avert	I. progeny