In time, things can die, break off, or cause us to carry an extra burden around.

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By contrast, Medivation's lab studies indicate Dimebon may work by protecting mitochondria, key energy factories inside cells that break down as cells die during Alzheimer's, Hung says.

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James Tissot's 1866 portrait of the Marquise de Miramon, splendidly dressed in a pink peignoir trimmed in show-stopping pink ruffles, shows her looking strangely vulnerable among many costly possessions, objects that may one day break but do not die.

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If Redstone were to die tomorrow, a divisive and distracting legal fight could break out over the very control he so relishes.

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She said in order to break the cycle some people need to hit a critical point where it's "stop drinking or die".

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