Vultures began circling and some of the smartest analysts in business declared that a death watch has begun.

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Now imagine your grandfather gave you the watch before his death.

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The restaurant El Arepazo is at the heart of the community and hundreds of Venezuelans gathered at its tables to watch news broadcasts of the death coverage while getting their fill of corn flour patties called arepas.

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She also declined to say whether he had been placed in any kind of special custody status, such as a suicide watch, following his son's death.

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The Swiss watch brands, still shaking off the near-death stupor of the quartz era, suddenly found this German phoenix uncomfortably hard on their heels.

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In February 2012, Martin, 17, was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida, by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain who is awaiting trial on a second-degree murder charge in Martin's death.

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