Word: die
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...some ways, rationing is the ultimate policy question. There is not a single question it raises that cannot be seen in a dozen different ways, and few that do not involve deciding that someone may die sooner than if the treatment had been given. To accept the need for rationing involves a certain pessimism -- the embracing of a zero-sum system where the only way to pay for one thing is to drop another. The pragmatic wonk in Clinton might want to wrestle with it; but the optimist in him, and his political instincts, will ensure that he will...
...coup that deposed him nearly two years ago. The revolt in Abkhazia, where a small minority of ethnic separatists want an independent state, has put the fate of Georgia on the line. In Sukhumi, where he has set up headquarters, Shevardnadze has vowed to keep his nation whole or die trying...
Golden, however, played down the urgency of theproject, saying, "No one will die if it takesthree or four years longer...
Part of me hopes that the final clubs will ultimately refuse to go co-ed so that the controversy will continue to build. My fear is that if and when the clubs go co-ed, they will somehow become morally and socially acceptable. The issue will then die, leaving the University free of the pressure to take responsibility for its students...
...tell me about your big heterosexual problems. Don't tell me about your wedding that I'm denied, don't tell me about your divorce in your church that I'm excommunicated from, don't tell me about...the problems of the straights, this week I had three friends die and all you can say is it must get easier, knowing they're going to die...