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...journalist and political analyst with the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, concurred with that pessimistic assessment. Bosha also warned that, in a week when Zimbabwe's inflation hit 11.2 million percent, up from 2.2 million percent in May, any delay in resolving the question of who rules Zimbabwe will only prolong the suffering of its citizens. Zimbabwe needs a deal "urgently to arrest the free-falling economy," he said. "The economy will [plunge to] unprecedented levels if these talks collapse...
...fact that 15% of those who voted for her on Tuesday said they would not back her in November (7% of Obama voters said they would not support him in the general election). Some conservative commentators like Rush Limbaugh have urged Republicans in the remaining primary states to prolong the process by casting votes for Clinton, who they think would be an easier opponent for John McCain. Numbers like this, whch some pundits claimed meant that Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos" helped put Clinton over the top in Indiana, are watched closely by superdelegates and do not ease their concerns about...
Thirty minutes after wrangling over how ties would be broken, Stephan decided to call for the vote; while all 16 Obama delegates opted to go forward, the 9 Clinton delegates preferring to prolong the debate. It was clear that drawing out the process was a strategic move by the Clintonites, a tactic seen elsewhere around the state that day, as delays caused some delegates to give up and go home. A few delegates were seen leaving the expo center in mid-afternoon, but the 16 Obama backers in Precinct 110 said they would not leave until the results were turned...
...Byock, chair of palliative medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, who has performed terminal sedation for his patients. "This is a practice, when used correctly, that's only done in the final stages of life," Byock says. "At that point, nutrition or antibiotics can usually do nothing to prolong life." Indeed, Dutch researchers found that in 94% of the 6,500 cases they studied, the patient was sedated for less than one week before death...