The average term for a first offender is one to three years.

The average term of so-called life imprisonment in this country is only about fourteen years.

But in average terms, the agency says, sales have been declining 3 percent a year since 1983.

The office has since been held by 21 men with an average term of about 3 years.

Thus, the average term of office for today's chief executive officers is only five to six years.

In practice, the terms varied considerably, but according to Munro, "the average term of tenure was about eight and one half years."

The country has nearly 15,000 boards, and the average term of a member is less than four years.

The average term served for all kinds of homicide in the United States has declined and is now little more than six years.

The average term for past chairmen was about three years.

Here were taught the three "R's," the average term being six months per year and the salary $40 to $45 per month.