For instance a recent parade commemorating the death of Mexican folk hero Emliano Zapata was attacked twice by gunmen.

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One of the most beloved pieces Matisse made during those last few years is an abstract take on "One Thousand and One Nights, " the famed collection of Middle Eastern folk tales relayed by the fictional Scheherazade each evening to avoid death at the hands of a murderous Persian king.

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On Sept. 3 a musician named Carter Albrecht, who was a member of the folk-rock group Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians, was shot to death in Dallas after a night of strange and uncharacteristically violent behavior.

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It is perfectly possible to frame a law that allows suffering people who are close to death to die quickly and peacefully, if they wish, without declaring open season on old folk.

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