Word: gets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Vellucci questioned the desirability of such an arrangement. He asked the company's attorney if he played craps. When the attorney replied that he did not, Vellucci said, "When you roll the dice, you don't get prime rate back when you lose...
...people live in this city," said Duehay. "It's not just a place where business goes on. You can't get away with this. You're not going to get away with this...
...wake up. I am not really hungry, but it's not good nutritionally to skip a meal. I get ready for breakfast...
Cruzan's parents believe the decision to end her life, painful as it is, should rest with them, based on their intimate knowledge of Nancy's personality, views and preferences. "My daughter would say, 'Help, get me out of this,' " insists Joe Cruzan. The Cruzans' lawyers argue that the guarantee of liberty in the Constitution's due process clause protects individuals -- including helpless patients -- against unwarranted bodily intrusions by the state, and that a loving family is the best surrogate to decide what medical course an incompetent relative would choose. In 1983 a presidential medical- ethics commission endorsed the principle...
...rigidly Marxist government of President Mengistu Haile Mariam and rebels from Tigre and Eritrea, denial of food is a key weapon for both sides. The main relief agencies would like to bring supplies to the insurgents across the Sudanese border instead of via government-controlled ports. But that could get the agencies banned from vital operations in government areas...