The tree's heart should stay dry.

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Your heart races, your mouth goes dry and you start to sweat.

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The septic shock had left her with heart and respiratory failure as well as dry gangrene of her foot, which would have to be amputated.

NEWYORKER: Letting Go

Last spring the Auckland, New Zealand, mom reportedly suffered a minor heart attack after she lost 100 pounds on a diet of Red Bull and the occasional fistful of dry cereal.

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