Word: dead
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...when the electricity was shut off, the prisoner twitched. Then he gasped, and began breathing steadily. Stephens, although apparently unconscious, was not dead. According to Georgia execution procedure, five more minutes had to pass before a pair of prison doctors could examine him and certify that he was alive. "The execution has not been completed," said Kemp rather formally, "and will be reinstituted at this time." The button was pushed again, Stephens stiffened and, at last, stopped moving...
Like most of the late romances, Twelfth Night's confusion arises in part from a tearful tale of past woe. Viola (Elizabeth McGovern) has lost her twin brother in a tempest at sea, and assuming him dead, disguises herself in his clothing to pay tribute to his memory. This causes her considerable discomfort, however, since she is forced to hide her love for her "fellow" friend Curio (James Bodge). Add to this Curio's lover Olivia (Margaret Reed) falling unwittingly head over heels for McGovern, and you have the makings of a maze that keeps both actors and audience...
...often contradictory. On Thursday morning the hijackers allowed an Iranian photographer to approach the door of the plane. While they held a gun to his head, he looked inside the cabin and saw two hostages lying on the floor outside the cockpit. He could not tell whether they were dead or alive...
...honor guard of French soldiers. But the ceremonial greeting was deceptive. Heavily armed French troops stood guard and were positioned in the nearby bush. Commissioner Edgard Pisani, 66, had been sent from Paris to try to quell the violence that by week's end had left twelve people dead and about a dozen others injured in the island territory 750 miles east of Australia, which was annexed by France in 1853. Pisani's mission is also to find a solution within two months that is acceptable to the factions that are warring over the issue of independence from...
...conversation in Manila since Nov. 14, when Marcos went into virtual seclusion. Speculation had him suffering from a number of illnesses, ranging from a degenerative kidney ailment to heart disease. Rumors swept the capital that the President had undergone major surgery, that he was dying or that he was dead...