As a result, dead males may act as plugs to prevent other males from copulating, ensuring that the suicidal male, not a rival, fathers the offspring.

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It guarantees rolling back what is left to be spent in the Recovery Act will stop important projects dead in their tracks, like clean energy projects.

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But in at least two studies before the 1981 Uniform Determination of Death Act, some "brain-dead" patients were found to be emitting brain waves.

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As a result, he came to act for the Airplane and also the Grateful Dead, It's a Beautiful Day and Santana.

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With President Barack Obama speaking out against the Stop Online Piracy Act and a looming Internet blackout to protest the act, it looks like SOPA is as good as dead.

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Dead Space 3 may pave the road toward a much more ambiguous interpretation of in-game exploits and the act of sharing or reporting on these exploits online.

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