Word: die
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...office just six months when his doctor gave him the grim news: the leg and back pains he had been experiencing were due to a previously undiagnosed cancer of the prostate that had spread to his bones. The prognosis was not good. Half the men in Mitterrand's condition die within three years. Only 1 in 10 survives a decade or more...
Experts said it could be the result of living longer with chronic illnesses, or the social isolation of the elderly, or the growing acceptance of the right-to-die movement. Whatever the reason, the suicide rate among Americans 65 and older climbed 9% between 1980 and 1992, to 19.1 per 100,000 persons, the highest rate of any age group, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
...communicate truth and the ones that are successful are so because they communicate their truth with clarity. Memorial hall is a brilliant success in this regard. I take nothing from it, but eloquent as it is, it speaks only a partial truth. All of Harvard men did not die for the Union. All of Harvard was not united in a righteous cause. Men then as now were divided by ideals and ideas: united by their experiences of life shared here in college they were divided in conflict, and are united now only in death. It is fitting that a University...
...interest charges, is attempting a comeback just as the trial gets underway. Premier Lamberto Dini resigned last week, and President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro is meeting with potential candidates to suceed him. Berlusconi meets with Scalfaro on Friday. TIME's Greg Burke reports from Rome: "This is a do-or-die situation for Belusconi, who wants the premiership back. We have no idea how strong a case the prosecutors have. The question is whether he paid them off willingly, or was forced to by the tax inspectors, who have a reputation for extorting payments. If he does not get convicted...
...note of Austen's arch comic tone, following her narrative faithfully as the Bennet family sets about finding wealthy husbands for its five unattached daughters. Production values are first rate, with gardens and parlors so meticulously observed they could make Merchant and Ivory give up and turn to Die Hard sequels. And yet, amid the tastefulness, sexual tension lurks. Colin Firth plays Mr. Darcy, the romantic lead, as though he were a creation of the Brontes rather than the ironic, detached Austen. This Darcy is a man consumed by his passion for Elizabeth (Jennifer Ehle), the novel's brilliant, voluble...