Was it some atavistic impulse to die alone, out of sight?

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He's also resolved to die alone here.

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Bear Stearns did not die alone.

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Why should he die alone?

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Yet 2m children under the age of five die every year in India alone, mostly thanks to poor nutrition or bad drinking water.

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Despite the fact that Britons were far more likely to die from murder (let alone cholera) than from rabies, tales of fatal cases filled the newspapers during the 1830s.

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Available in both die form as a stand-alone sensor, and with Aptina's mobile imaging co-processor for a fully tuned, complete camera solution.

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The Fed is supporting what the markets, if left alone, would allow to die, and the economic result of its interventions is pretty horrifying.

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Without assurances that her husband would be immune from prosecution, Ms Purdy insisted her only option was to die in Switzerland while still physically able to travel alone.

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Even though 28% of the senior citizens live alone (compared with the national average of 17.6%), it is almost unheard of for anyone to be left alone sick - or, worse, to die for lack of attention.

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