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...future looks as turbulent as the economy overall. Insiders say his position is secure for the time being, not least because nobody in his right mind would aspire to take over the economic portfolio now. But if the economy keeps worsening, Zhu's joke about building his own coffin could come back to haunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Missing Pieces | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...That was the nail in the coffin," Tilghman said...

Author: By Amy E. Ooten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Water Polo Splits in California | 10/20/1998 | See Source »

...Colgate just poured it on," Murphy said. "At20-14, we had a hell of a ball game. If that[drive] wasn't the nail in the coffin, it gavethem the adrenaline they needed to finish...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Raiders Pillage Football, Romp to 34-14 Victory | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...wife Marthe, who was only two years younger than he, will have been dead for four years. But he is still imagining and painting her with the body of a 30-year-old. No wonder the bath in which she floats, or is embalmed, has reminded writers of a coffin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Bonnard: A Shimmer Of Hints | 8/31/1998 | See Source »

Another nail in the coffin for an old illness: The FDA has just approved a new vaccine for pertussis, or whooping cough. Unlike previous vaccines, this version uses only one protein, making it safer for infants who sometimes had reactions to older vaccines--and bringing us closer to eradicating pertussis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dara Horn | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

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