Word: die
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...brothers. Now we are enemies." In nearby Goma a Tutsi aid worker explained the dilemma facing her: "I was born in Zaire. My father was born in Zaire. But staying here means losing my life. I do not want to go to Rwanda, but nor do I want to die...
...temperature rise of 4 [degrees] F would more than double mosquito metabolism, forcing them to feed more often. A 4 [degrees] F rise in global temperatures could also expand malaria's domain from 42% to 60% of the planet. When temperatures rise above 104 [degrees] F, mosquitoes begin to die off--but at those temperatures, so do people and the crops on which they live...
Malone likened the current program-slashing fervor in Washington to "going to your doctor's office, and your doctor saying, 'I'm going to do something to you, and you may die because of it, and if you die you die...
...pervading sense of empathy. Scum that the criminals may be, death penalty opponents see themselves walking the "dead man's walk" and being fastened into the chair. Although they recognize the heinous nature of the crimes some have committed, they somehow cannot conclude that they could ever "deserve to die." The thought that such a thing is possible frightens and disturbs them...
...Nearly 600,000 women worldwide die each year in PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH, one-fifth more than previously estimated, finds the first comprehensive study in a decade. For each woman who dies, 30 others suffer serious pregnancy-related illnesses...