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...Prensa's death had been expected ever since the paper fell into a government-encouraged coma two months ago. Dictators are notoriously thin-skinned and Prcon and his wife Evita could not endure the barbs of La Prensa indefinitely. The only question was whether they would take the step of complete suppression, knowing that an unfavorable response in other countries was inevitable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peron's Home Life | 3/26/1951 | See Source »

...succumbed in his cottage in Ayot St. Lawrence, England, after a day-long coma and a "commendatory prayer for a sick person at the point of departure," read by a Church of England rector for the one-time professed atheist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: George Bernard Shaw, 94, Dies at Home in England | 11/2/1950 | See Source »

...41st day of her coma last week Patricia's father suddenly heard her whisper one word: "Mama." Apparently she was answering his repeated question. Then she slipped back into unconsciousness again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Answer | 7/3/1950 | See Source »

Twelve-year-old Patricia Murphy of Tucson, Ariz., was in an automobile accident on May 14. Her grandmother and grandfather "were killed, her mother was badly hurt, her younger sister slightly injured. Blue-eyed Patricia suffered brain injuries and lapsed into a coma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Answer | 7/3/1950 | See Source »

People with brain injuries often stay in a state of coma (absolute unconsciousness) for long periods of time. (A Cincinnati hospital has one patient who has been in a coma for more than seven years.) By this week Patricia's coma had lasted for 43 days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Answer | 7/3/1950 | See Source »

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