Word: die
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...expensive. "A physician and patient can argue with the insurer," says Dr. Howard Ozer, director of the Winship Cancer Center at Emory University in Atlanta. "But if it goes on for too long and the patient can't pay for the drug out of his own pocket, he can die before the approval can be obtained...
...himself part of management. Initially, they were both New Deal Democrats. We had that famous wartime photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with the Capitol and the flag in the background, hanging in the foyer of our apartment for as long as I can remember. My mother remained a die-hard Democrat. But Pop, by 1952, was supporting Dwight Eisenhower...
...blame the seven Supreme Court jesters." Kevorkian shed the signs before entering the courthouse, where he stood silent as he was arraigned on two counts of assisting suicide. Circuit Judge David Breck entered an innocent plea on his behalf. Kevorkian has been the symbol for the "right-to-die" movement, but Gibbs points out that many are troubled by the 67-year old former pathologist. Says Gibbs: "Even people who are sympathetic to the issue have problems with Kevorkian because of his extra-legal approach. There also hasn't been a lot of 'death-with-dignity' in the cases where...
Refusing to die, Yale pushed hard to get back to an even keel with Harvard, but the Crimson held on and crossed the finish line first by a slim margin...
...that there exist' legitimate reasons why an individual might wish to terminate his or her life; we also know that mental illness sometimes induces a person to self-destruct. So, for the most part, we afford the same respects to suicides as we do to anyone else who has died. We do so even realizing that we are in some respect rewarding them for devastating the lives of loved ones and providing an example to others that says, "All you need to do is die...