Word: succumbed
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...these varieties of Swiss, the temptation to march in the European parade is at hand, but it is far from clear whether Switzerland will succumb. , Last June, in one of the most important referendums in years, a majority rejected adoption of a value-added tax, a reform that would have brought the Swiss fiscal system closer to that of its European neighbors. Says Christoph Blocher, Zurich industrialist and member of the federal parliament who is leading a campaign against E.C. membership: "If Switzerland joined, it would have a lot to lose: sovereignty, independence, democratic rights, neutrality and security...
...greatest mysteries in immunology is why more people do not succumb to autoimmune diseases. For example, researchers now realize that nearly everyone harbors T cells that will react against their own nerve tissue. Yet less than 1 person in 1,000 develops multiple sclerosis. What else is the body doing to police its overly zealous defenders? Scientists do not expect the uncertainties to persist much longer. "We're at a point where we know when a child would be at a 50 to 100 times greater risk of getting a long list of autoimmune diseases," says Stanford neurologist Lawrence Steinman...
...first game against Brown turned into a pitching duel between the Crimson's Chris Carr and the Bear's Christy Trexler. Carr was the first to succumb in the heated battle, when she surrendered two hits in the fifth inning to Brown's Michelle Pagliaro and Shannon Blumer, which eventually led to the Bear's only two runs of the game...
...past decade, AIDS researchers have focused on the last phase of the infection. Their main question: Why do people with the AIDS virus, or HIV, succumb to cancers, opportunistic infections and nerve disorders? During the past two years, however, a small number of immunologists and virologists have started asking a different, and potentially more useful, question: Why do so many people with the virus live in such good health for so long -- in some cases for more than 12 years...
What is at stake in the gulf war is the Vietnam legacy, whether it should be seen as a historical aberration or the historical norm. In Vietnam, was America defeated by a constellation of contingencies, or was character destiny? Did it succumb to an unfavorable local topography (that neutralized American technological superiority), a misapprehension of the enemy and an undermining cultural revolution at home? Or did it succumb to itself, to overweening ambition and moral blindness, to a refusal to acknowledge its own mortality and limits...