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Word: die (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...were the first rescuers to reach the twisted wreckage. Said Shipman: "Suddenly I couldn't breathe. I started screaming at Doug to get the hell out of there." Added Lister: "I was spitting up blood. I felt like I was breathing flames. I thought I was going to die." Lister managed to put the ambulance into reverse and rush away. Others were not so lucky: eight people died and 50 were injured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Playing Railroad Roulette | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

...look at just income; you must look at other values. We have our cabins, our spare time. What may be most important to me is my feeling of safety. I'm not thinking of crime as much as of health and retirement benefits. If I were to die now, for example, my wife and 15-month-old son would get 80% of my present income for some time. That's safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Norway: The Cost of Safety | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

...live. And then, by the first week in May, he was very close to brain death. There was only enough of him left to perform very simple motor functions. At that point all of us realized that it would actually be much better for him if he were to die. We all came to expect it, because he was down to about ninety pounds...

Author: By Harry W. Printz, | Title: Tonto and the Ranger Hit the Jackpot at 10,000 Feet, or, Diamond Jim Cleans Out the Moffat Tunnel | 3/11/1978 | See Source »

After staying even with the pack for the first 200 yards, Kelly turned on the jets for the final 300 to run away with the win. "I thought she'd die in that final stretch, but she really held out and just pulled away," Walsh said last night...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: Swimmers Take Seventh Place | 3/10/1978 | See Source »

Bhaktivedanta Swami, a former Bengali businessman and a follower of Krishna since 1933, established the first ISKCON center in a small storefront in New York 12 years ago. He died last November, leaving over 6000 full time ministers and students of Krishna Consciousness. According to Garuda, the ISKCON founder did not die but merely appeared in a physical form, then disappeared. "After all the body does not determine life, life determines the body," Garuda says...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: For the Love of God: Krishna in Boston | 3/9/1978 | See Source »

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