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Alternate casting cost - ... term from the card game Magic: The Gathering, and refers to a cost to play a spell that is an alternative to the casting cost in the upper right hand corner of the card. This alternate cost may be some amount of life that its caster pays, some number of cards discarded from the caster's hand, or any number of other drawbacks that can be used to help balance the fact that the card's mana cost does not need to be payed in order to play the card.
Whole life insurance - Whole life insurance provides for a level premium, and a cash value table included in the policy guaranteed by the company. The primary advantages of whole life are guaranteed death benefit, guaranteed cash values, fixed and known annual premiums, and the fact that mortality and expense charges will not reduce the cash value shown in the policy.
Half-Life: Day One - Half-Life: Day One is a well-known demo of the blockbuster computer game Half-Life, which included the first fifth of the game and was often included with graphics cards.
Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Fa - Fz) - Each "article" in this category is in fact a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries themselves are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.
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