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...best explanation, Douyon believed, was that Narcisse had been poisoned in such a way that his vital signs could not be detected. The psychiatrist obtained a sample of a coma-inducing toxin from a bocor. The poison is apparently used to punish individuals who have transgressed the will of their community or family. Narcisse, for example, said that he had been "killed" by his brothers for refusing to go along with their plan to sell the family land. Ti-Femme, a female zombie also under study by Douyon, had been poisoned for refusing to marry the man her family...
...will tax them, spend their money and draft their laws. Perhaps the checklist embraced by the symposium would boost participation by as much as 9 percent, as claimed. But the voters gained would be those with the incredibly short attention span, the citizens only marginally weakened from their coma of apathy...
...heard he was still in a coma, and there was some brain damage," said Strong...
...Americans condone the withholding of food and medical treatment from patients, such as coma victims, the elderly and infants who cannot speak for themselves, who is to say we will not also some day withhold medical treatment from the mentally retarded or physically handicapped because they are considered a burden to society...
While the Harvard hats slept, the Quaker hats slipped into a coma. Musselman got at least one strikeout per inning and Penn moved just one runner as far as second base...