Word: gone
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tank car to trucks in Waverly, Tenn., the gas suddenly exploded, leveling 14 buildings. "It was just like you were thrown into a furnace," said Truck Driver Carl Stokes, who was burned severely. "It was like a power throwing us into the sun. People were walking, their clothes were gone and their bodies were completely burned." The toll: twelve dead and at least 50 injured...
...talked to Mary Lyn about twice a week on the phone. I'd just call her up, and there would never be any change, he would have just lost more weight, and his features were more deformed. He'd gone into the position with his elbows bent and his toes and hands pointed in, typical of comatose people with serious brain problems." Bob had had a natural-death will drawn up in California the year before, requesting that his life not be preserved by artificial means if he were severely incapacitated. His parents refused to honor the will. Near...
...with him pretty soon. All these years we'd talked about it, 'Oh, we'll both go to medical school, we'll both be doctors, it'll be a great life.' But I knew that he was not going to get into medical school. Maybe he would have gone to work as an EMT somewhere, kind of working part-time. Just sort of rolling along, I think that's where he'd be right now. But you have to be careful with Bob. I used to think he was always going down the tubes, and then he'd come...
...rate at which students interested in religion have gone into teaching has slowed down, Stendahl says, because of the importance of established religions to the maintenance of religious tradition. "The quality of leadership in the churches is the most significant way of keeping the tradition healthy and filled with vitality," Stendahl says...
...debate it provoked was a good thing. Occasional women's dining halls, with female House associates invited, women's collectives, as well as all-female halls in dorms, gained acceptance. It seemed to me the women's dining halls were an interesting chance to meet older women, who had gone through more of life and academia...