Word: die
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...field, however, commanders operate with independence. There is safety in that broad, nontraditional power base: it means there is no one head for the Serbs to cut off. It has produced a wide range of K.L.A. leaders, from bloodthirsty terrorists who target civilians to patriots ready to die for their putative country. Some commanders are outright criminals. Interpol cops say parts of the K.L.A. are funded by profits from smuggling along the infamous "Balkan route," the main line for 90% of Western Europe's heroin...
...Pristina, is a former law student. Operating from a bland house about 30 minutes north of Pristina, he has made a reputation for himself by holding off violent Serb attacks, although not without casualties. But after years of Serbian repression, there is no shortage of young men willing to die for independence. Says Mohamet Latifi, a soldier serving under Remi: "If someone attacked your house, would you run away or would you defend...
When the royal couple returned to Jordan in mid-January, they did not expect the King to die. Contrary to speculation, Noor says the 63-year-old monarch believed he was winning his battle against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. His physicians believed as much when they sent him home. But a week after, the King began to grow weaker. He was working on a draft of a document that would rewrite Jordanian history--a letter replacing his 51-year-old brother Hassan as heir with his son Abdullah, 37. When doctors advised him to return to the U.S., Hussein quickly...
Even then, Noor says, she remained hopeful that a fresh course of treatment could revive the King. But "it became clear that we were fighting something that would not give way." They immediately returned to Jordan so that Hussein could die at home. Still, Noor says, she refused to surrender. "My husband was still alive, and I was still praying for the miracle, believing that it could be God's will." It was partly that hope that prompted the Queen and her children to leave Hussein's hospital and plunge into the emotional crowd of Jordanians keeping vigil outside despite...
...saltwater ocean. Smolts that survive the trip--and plenty don't--spend four years at sea, feeding and growing to full adult size (3 lbs. to 126 lbs.). Then they begin the long upstream journey D back to their hatching grounds, where they spawn and, a few weeks later, die. A small number of adults may survive this stage and, stubbornly, return to the ocean to repeat the cycle once more...