But for McCourtney, 61, sticking with gravely ill portfolio companies is simply part of the Venrock ethos.
The doleful quip making the rounds is that Mr Mubarak, gravely ill, is having the last laugh.
Anonymity is no longer an option for the man charged with restoring the country s gravely ill economy.
If you have a gravely ill child, for instance, your colleagues want to know how he or she is faring.
If Harry becomes gravely ill, he should sell his losers right away.
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The move came after Robertson's comments last week about the massive stroke suffered by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who remains gravely ill.
In 1996 both parties backed a law requiring private insurers to offer coverage to people moving between jobs, even if they are gravely ill.
Gilad Shalit was feared to be gravely ill, perhaps even dead.
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Imagine this scenario: you are gravely ill and in the hospital but as good planning would have it, you assigned your brother as power-of-attorney for your finances.
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Now, as Mr Cardoso struggles to hold his coalition together, he faces losing another vital ally, Mario Covas, the governor of Sao Paulo state, who was gravely ill this week.
And now, because of exposure to toxins from the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers, there's about 20, 000 people who are sick -- some of them gravely ill, suffering from serious health effects, some are disabled, some have died.
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This case looks similar to the decisions some parents must make for a terminally ill or gravely injured child.
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