Word: dying
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...awed by the natural disaster. Speaking of the eight deaths on the Navajo Reservation, Presbyterian Missionary Harold Borhauer, 45, said: "I bury more than that at the opening of the pinon season"-the autumn harvest of protein-rich pinon nuts, during which Indians have been known to die of respiratory ailments contracted in the chilly mountains. Adee Dodge, a Navajo painter, added a peculiarly Indian note of resignation: "We publicly thank all the dear gods of this world for having caused such a windfall of moisture, much needed in this arid country...
...wealth and scientific progress, the U.S. ranks below at least eleven other nations in its ability to help infants survive their first year of life. During that first twelve months, 23.8 out of every 1,000 U.S. babies die, compared with 12.6 in Sweden, 14.7 in The Netherlands. Among other nations ranking ahead of the U.S.: Denmark with 17 deaths per 1,000, Switzerland with 17.2, Japan with 18.3, and France with 21.7. Among the worst: Guatemala with...
...April coup, Greeks had rallied to Constantine mainly because the crown was the one legal institution that the junta had not destroyed; Greek politicians looked to Constantine to steer the counry back to representative government. But he did not command the love or devotion that makes men willing to die for a king...
...started the first of the four notebooks he sold to the Lockwood, under 20 when he made the last entry in them, but from the very first they reflect both a fierce doubt about the worth of life and a fierce enthusiasm for it. "We are too beautiful to die," wrote the doubting adolescent, and soon he was noting that the beautiful die young (Thomas himself was to die...
From ancient times down to the recent past it was perfectly clear that when the respiration and heart stopped, the brain would die in a few minutes; so the obvious criterion of a heart in standstill as synonymous with death was accurate enough. This is no longer the case when modern resuscitative and supportive measures are involved. These improved activities can now restore "life" as judged by the ancient standards of persistent respiration and continuing heart beat. This can be the case even when there is not the remotest possibility of an individual recovering consciousness following massive brain damage...