In the past few years, it lost the death-grip it once had on the stock market.
Add in the vast amount of money that will be lost if the death rattle of relegation becomes a reality and it is hard to criticise Short for pulling the plug.
The oddballs, misfits, newcomers, the older women who've had their careers or raised their children, lost their husbands to death or divorce, and possess real wisdom.
Dr Wilson told BBC News Online that while studies showed that families who lost one baby to cot death were at increased risk of a recurrence, it still was not entirely clear why this might be happening.
He said data showed that in families which had lost one child to cot death, subsequent babies were at an increased risk of dying from the same cause, or from a variety of natural causes, such as meningitis.
Chaya lost her entire family in Nazi death camps before coming to Israel.
Those who discovered him after his death feel like they lost a friend, said one such fan, Marie A. Jost.
"Life goes on, but you never ever forget someone you love and that you lost, especially in a tragic death like this, " Gregory said.
Malaria exacts a heavy economic price, in lost productivity, and it means sure death for several million children every year.
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The mall's death knell came when it lost both Dillard's and Macy's as anchors in 2008, leaving it with only Sears and J.
After Mr. Jobs's death, Mr. Forstall lost his biggest fan at the company and became frustrated, according to people who spoke to him about it.
The states with relatively high income tax lost working wealth, triggering an economic death spiral as they continue to raise taxes and lose people, businesses, and working wealth.
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But part of the passion reflected a sense of broader loss: a feeling that, with his death, the Senate had lost another member of its most endangered species, moderate Republicans.
After Plotnikov's death, Russian security agents lost track of Tsarnaev and went to see his father in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, who told them that his son had returned to the U.S., Novaya Gazeta said.
Lt Col Gerald Strickland MBE, Commanding Officer 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, said that with Major Bowman's death, the battalion had lost a "brave" and "truly courageous" commander who had led with a "rare determination".
Last year he lost in straight sets just days after the death of his grandfather.
With Martin-Jenkins' own death, "cricket has lost one of its greatest champions, " said England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Chairman Giles Clarke in a statement Tuesday.
She also pays tribute to the many other lives lost in Afghanistan before and since Mark's death.
At 27, Heidi Ganahl faced the tragic death of her husband, and then lost his insurance settlement through investments in two failed start-ups.
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Mrs Halappanavar had lost her baby in a miscarriage four days before her death.
But after Korolev's death in 1966, the Soviet space effort lost focus.
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And the implication is that Mitt Romney bears responsibility for the death of this man's wife because he lost his insurance when the plant closed in 2001 and then, in 2006, his wife who was uninsured at the time, died of cancer.
This is how regular people get branded in perpetuity, and their survivors assume a role as perpetual caregiver for their brand, posting new material on Legacy.com on the anniversary of a death, or adding a photograph of their recently lost mother as a young woman on their Facebook page.
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Canada has lost 85 soldiers and one diplomat in Afghanistan, the highest wartime death toll for the Canadians since the Korean conflict nearly 55 years ago.
"We want the death penalty for Rana, " said Shamsher Ali, who lost his daughter in the accident.
His death takes the total number of UK service members to have lost their lives since operations in Afghanistan began in October 2001 to 438.
President George Bush lost no time in paying tribute to country legend Johnny Cash after his recent death.
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The death takes to 441 the number of UK service personnel who have lost their lives since operations in Afghanistan began in October 2001.
Clearly the judge saw the absurdity of convicting a mother who had just lost her 4-year-old to a hit-and-run death, whose only crime was jaywalking.
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It is the most common cause of respiratory-related death in the UK - and 56% of all working days lost among men are due to it, costing the economy many billions of pounds each year.
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