Word: die
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...distinction can be made between suicidal behavior that reflects an overwhelming wish to die (and is therefore often successful), and behavior that is really an expression of a wish to live, but requiring help to do so. (It is ironic that sometimes one feels that the only way to get the help needed to live is to express and communicate a wish to die.) There may be times when suicide is seen as an appropriate death, but it is most often the result of an inability to consider and accept alternative options...
...Campaign, a gay-rights group, Cunningham warned Dole that hiring DiVall "sends a deafening message to conservatives: Get to the back of the bus and shut up!" Dole has said she opposes abortion except in cases of rape, incest and where the life of the mother is threatened, but die-hard conservatives worry about her staff's influence. Cunningham's Liddy-the-Closet-Liberal complaint was soon picked up by others, including Sheila Moloney, executive director of the conservative Eagle Forum. Moloney calls Dole's selection of advisers--with its emphasis on Eastern Republican operatives like political strategist Kieran Mahoney...
...groggy Monica morning-after, all three networks are reassessing strategy. Fox has hit on a successful formula that seems patterned after in-your-face (and predominantly conservative) talk radio. The Clinton scandal galvanized its core audience, and Fox seems the most reluctant of the three to let the story die. Last week it reported that Hillary Clinton no longer wants to be "in the same bed" with her husband. Yet Fox executives insist the channel is not a one-trick pony. "We're doing political and Washington news for people who like political and Washington news," says chief Washington correspondent...
...three large numerals inscribed on the left-center-field wall in Yankee Stadium when DiMaggio played there--4 5 7--denoting the preposterous footage from home plate to the seats. For a right-handed power hitter, it marked the outer limits of a place where potential homers went to die. No right-handed Yankee hit nearly as many home runs as DiMaggio until the fences were moved in, years after he retired. Had he hit as many at home as he did on the road, he would've had 426 home runs--for a per-season average nearly identical...
...letting people know there?s another way out.? Which is why the Oregon model is the one that should be studied. Oregon?s doctor-assisted suicide law provides a carefully calibrated decision mechanism ?that is safe, reasonable and ethical,? says Gorman. No one has rushed, or was rushed, to die in the year since the Oregon law went into effect; so far, 15 terminally ill patients have chosen to die. Few really know whether Dr. Kevorkian?s freelance work involved a similar, careful deliberative process...