The men sat in the sun for hours, powerless and unsure if they would live or die.
For example, babies would still be receiving the formerly accepted 'best' treatment of routine oxygen for resuscitation at birth and many would die or suffer as a result.
And north of 95% of them would fold or die.
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The researchers said 71% of the respondents would prefer to live 15 years in a wheelchair than die after 10 or five years in a wheelchair - but the remaining 29% said they would prefer to die earlier rather than spend 15 years in a wheelchair.
Or is it possible that the lists have been compiled by snarky, unscrupulous young journalists who would rather die than visit Waco or Des Moines or Traverse City, much less live there?
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This makes sense: in those areas with a high level of radiation, living things would tend to die or sicken and fail to reproduce.
Any time a virus or a new strain of bacteria would appear entire countries and populations would die out.
Nothing we do can bring back those precious angels or the heroic and selfless adults who attempted to save them, knowing they would probably die in the process.
In that vein, I had to force myself to accept the fact that our portfolio, in an ideal world, should break down as follows: one would be a runaway success, most would plug along without huge gains or losses either way, and unfortunately, some will die.
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In surveys, the majority of people say they would prefer to die in their own home while receiving hospice care than in a nursing home or hospital.
The Nuffield Council's report also considers moving to an "opt-out" system for deceased organ donation, under which it would be assumed that people consent to donation unless they either opt out before they die, or their family later objects.
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