Word: dies
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What appears inevitable is that the outrage will die down, the shock will subside and things will return to normal. And given the prevalence of rape on college campuses and the silence that keeps it hidden, that is exactly what should scare the hell...
...March of 1997 when the chickens began to die--6,800 on three farms in Hong Kong's rural New Territories. Because poultry is a vital part of Hong Kong's diet, agricultural authorities got concerned and quickly consulted Kennedy Shortridge, a microbiologist at the University of Hong Kong. He in turn contacted his friend and fellow flu specialist Robert Webster of St. Jude. For decades both men had studied influenza viruses in chickens and other birds in the belief that these viruses were more than just an agricultural problem and might hold the key to the origins of human...
That may be a bit much, but the auctioning of the stuff of private lives is still a creepy little business. It creates a way for people to die a second time. First they expire when their hearts stop. Then they have a redeath when what was the tendency of their hearts is made the property of strangers...
...flirtily nude pose for a women's magazine. Have a happily public affair with a TV chanteuse 19 years your senior. Tease your screen machismo in lightning banter with Johnny Carson. Make a lot of middling pictures in fast cars. Be an early victim of AIDS rumors. Just about die...
...spare a thought for the heartfelt plea of Louis, 9, of New Hampshire, who knew the poll numbers were against him, but feared the worst: "I think we should not bomb Iraq. If we start a war we could possibly die. If we die, millions of innocent kids would not be parents. Many of my classmates want to bomb Iraq, while...