Almost to his dying day he turned up at his New York office.

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Besides, how do you attend to the thoughts and concerns of the dying when medicine has made it almost impossible to be sure who the dying even are?

NEWYORKER: Letting Go

"The sheer number of those infected and dying is almost beyoind comprehension, " Bush said.

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Instead he survived at his home in Tripoli, Libya's capital, for almost three years, dying on May 20th.

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That almost happened in the dying seconds of what ended up as an absorbing end-to-end contest but Pantelic smashed a cross from the right wide of the target.

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"The only time the doctors come is when someone is almost at the point of dying, " claims a third released man.

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Enrique's speculative cross almost spared Newcastle in the dying seconds - but it drifted agonisingly wide and referee Foy's final whistle was the catalyst for predictable tears among travelling supporters.

BBC: Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle

However, those who gave up by the age of 30 almost completely avoided the risks of dying early from tobacco-related diseases with those stopping by 40 died a year younger.

BBC: Female smoking death risk 'has soared'

According to research in more than one million women, those who give up smoking by the age of 30 will almost completely avoid the risks of dying early from tobacco-related diseases.

BBC: Smoking 'poses bigger risk to women'

Cadete almost snatched all three points in the dying minutes, but the Villa keeper did just enough to tip his shot over the bar.

BBC: Bradford 1-1 Aston Villa

The highest rate of fatal cases was reported in Dorset, with almost 52 women in every 100, 000 dying from the disease.

BBC: Smoking

In our age of radical transparency and everything communicates, almost all of us have an inner whistle blower just dying to blow and no shortage of ways to blow it.

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Research published in June 2001 suggested the number of men dying from testicular cancer in the UK had fallen by almost three quarters in less than a decade.

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Despite the absolute certainty that the market is shrinking, at this point almost all business planners will proceed by developing plans to defend this dying business as long as possible.

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It was also really well acted, when she was dying there was a close up of her face and you could almost see the life go out of her eyes.

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