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...came down with the same condition, "he asked his friends for a gun," says his widow Gloria. "He could smell the decay inside himself." But after getting the prescription from his family doctor, she recalls, "he was able to relax, knowing he had control over his death." He chose to die on a Sunday morning, surrounded by his wife's three daughters and 9-year-old granddaughter. Says Gloria: "He told us, 'If I had any more love in this room, I'd have to keep it in Fort Knox.' Then he drank the Nembutal, and in five minutes...
...addition to the plan, the county has adopted rules governing the exterior colors of new houses, the amount of light that can be given off at night and the amount of water that can be used for gardening. In the 260-unit Arizona Senior Academy, where the Zeigers chose to settle, grass lawns and water-thirsty plants like oleander are forbidden, there are no streetlights on the roads, and half the land is preserved as open space for wildlife habitat. The houses are built in clusters of four sharing a single driveway and auto court and are designed...
...away from the madrasah where a one-eyed cleric named Mullah Mohammed Omar launched a movement of young religious zealots in 1994. Within two years the Taliban controlled nearly all of Afghanistan, and Omar had forged an alliance with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda forces. But the bomber chose the wrong place. For months, U.S. soldiers have been busy in Omar's village, digging wells, building schools, handing out medicine-even helping to restore the tomb of a Muslim holy man. The troops' efforts to win the hearts and minds of the local people paid off. A shepherd noticed...
...doing a class in Salt Lake City, and a high school student asked if I had a nickname for my cello. I said, "No, but if I play for you, will you name it?" She chose Petunia, and it stuck...
...certainly aware of these factors, but chose not to quantify them,” Hammitt said...