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It was a risk that Abby and Brittany's parents did not want to take for fear that one of the twins might not have survived the surgery or have the same quality of life they do now.
BBC: Living a conjoined life
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Amazon (AMZN) is an amazing success story, one of the few dotcoms that not only survived the bursting of the dotcom bubble in 1999, when its stock lost 95% of its value, but recovered and has prospered.
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One of its administrators said it was not run for profit, had survived purely from voluntary donations and nobody involved had been paid.
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Having survived a difficult chance when Botha could not cling on to one running back from cover, Hussey took the batting powerplay with 37 overs gone and 131 still needed.
BBC: S Africa top rankings after win
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Like my COO friend, as I point to companies who have not only survived, but also thrived in periods of rapid change, the one common denominator is seldom a grand strategic vision.
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Morgan survived a tough chance on one when a thick edge would not stick in Kamran's gloves and Strauss departed with 47 needed when he missed a sweep at a quicker ball and was lbw.
BBC: Century for Andrew Strauss in England win over Pakistan
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Charles Bukowski famously said that for most of the time he was trying to break into writing, he survived on one candy bar a day (Bukowski could never be accused of not transacting with his audience, even if he was hammered when he did).
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