Word: die
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...past seven years -- while government funding of programs to help youth in trouble has declined. Sandra Patricia is riddled with venereal disease; her favorite pastime is sniffing glue. "I know I'm sick," she moans, "and people treat me like dirt, and sometimes I'd just like to die...
...good job in a beach- resort restaurant. When she reached Phuket, a center for sex tourism, she was forced into prostitution in conditions of virtual slavery until she was rescued last December by Thai police. But they arrived too late; Armine has tested HIV-positive and will die of AIDS...
...director helped. Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Nightmare on Elm Street IV) took Stallone on location months before shooting began to get him used to the heights. He also reassured Stallone by first doing some stunts himself. That included the daring opening sequence: a failed rescue attempt that has Stallone hanging upside down on a cable between two peaks, 13,000 ft. in the air. "I was shamed into doing it," Sly admits. "And that's a pretty hairy stunt...
Storytelling is one of the keys to understanding historical detail, Schama says. "When I was growing up," he recalls, "I was taught history would die on the page if it wasn't written not only for other professional working stiffs but also for the public...
...Cambridge, it's different. From musicians to scholars to actors to couch potatoes, Harvard has them all. So there is a small pool to draw from in search of a die-hard sports...