An oft-quoted study suggests that executives would rather die than speak.

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The former foreign minister, who said on the eve of the war he would rather die than be taken into U.S. custody, had suffered two recent heart attacks.

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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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In circumstances like these, I would want to die sooner rather than later and in my own home.

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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.

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