Word: dying
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...major case of the Pessimism Flu. The contagion was traced to a special meeting called by Sequoia Capital - the blue-chip venture firm - whose brains and money are behind just about any start-up of consequence. The message the VCs gave their young start-ups? Get profitable now or die...
...special blend of novel resists attempts to classify it. It’s not science fiction, nor is it fantasy, nor is it realistic. His newest novel, “The Ghost in Love,” tells the story of a man who is fated to die but doesn’t; his ghost appears to tie up lose ends but finds that his body is still alive. The story is his attempt to reconcile his whole self—ghost, past, present, and future. Carroll, who is to speak at the Harvard Book Store tonight, shared his feelings...
...state senator, Barack Obama wouldn't even stand up for the rights of infants born alive during an abortion," Palin said on Saturday, during a Johnstown, Pa., rally. "These infants, often babies with special needs, are simply left to die...
...principle advocate for the Born Alive legislation in Illinois was Jill Stanek, a nurse who testified in 1999 that babies deemed nonviable after birth following abortions were left to die in what she called a "soiled utility room." Since then, Stanek has become an outspoken opponent of Obama's candidacy. In a recent interview, she explained that one of the purposes of the legislation was to remove the decision about a child's viability from the doctor performing the abortion, whom she maintains cannot be trusted to make an accurate judgment. "If a baby is going to be alive...
...years ago this past weekend, Matthew Shepard died. He was 21 but looked maybe 17, and everyone who knew him called him Matt, never the more formal Matthew. He was mostly still a kid, but he became an international symbol after two men he met in a bar pretended to be gay, lured him into a truck, savagely beat him and left him to die tied to a fence on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyo. He held on for five days after being found but never recovered consciousness...