Word: die
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...always struck me as incredible that anyone could expect others to suffer and possibly die for him without doing what he could to prevent it, even if it meant exchanging places with them. Former Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi is a case in point...
...states of the Old Confederacy; Georgia has the largest number per capita in the country. While most welcome legal help, there are exceptions: in Georgia, convicted murderer Jack Potts, who says he is in severe phys ical pain, pleaded last week that lawyers drop his appeals and let him die...
Daydreaming about the death of a spouse is a punishable offense in the world of this novel, particularly when the dreamer has a girlfriend with limitless funds and a small portfolio of scruples. When Clare does indeed die violently, Strickland and the London police seem curiously unwilling to suspect the one person who had most to gain from the murder...
...about those who think that life is a bed of roses and those who believe it is a bed of nails: "For us [Hindus], eternal life is death-not in the bosom of Jesus-but just death, no more being born again to endure life again to die again. Yet people come in ever-increasing numbers to India to be born again with the conviction that in their rebirth they will relearn to live. At the heart of all our celebrations, which are still lively and colorful, is the realization that we are at a wake. But the tourists...
...Coliseum concerts by Elton John in 1976 and Led Zeppelin in 1977 had resulted in serious crowd incidents. Now Curbishley and The Who are talking to other rock groups, lobbying for legislation that will establish some guidelines for large concerts. "But," says Kenny Jones, "do eleven kids have to die before you hire a few extra guards?" Cincinnati will hold public hearings on two new proposed ordinances, one that would give police total authority over crowd control and one that would ban festival seating. Said Mayor J. Kenneth Blackwell: "These are issues which are above debate...