In Welch's case, Byron contrasts the dying words of Reginald Jones (Welch's predecessor at GE)--"Leadership requires ethics, morals and values"--with Welch leaving the funeral "with his latest soul mate, " Suzy Wetlaufer , for whom Welch had left his second wife.

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"Tuesdays with Morrie" (TWM) is more than just a dying man's last words.

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In his words, he is fortunate enough to know he is dying, to take stock of his life as it comes to an end.

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The war created a veritable "republic of suffering, " in the words that Frederick Law Olmsted chose to describe the wounded and dying arriving at Union hospital ships on the Virginia Peninsula.

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