Word: accidental
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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MDC detectives are checking the body against the files of two missing persons in an attempt to discover his identity. Police said yesterday they have not yet determined whether the death was a suicide, a homicide or an accident, adding an autopsy will be performed later this week. The body...
IT IS NO ACCIDENT that the dominant cultural medium in the United States is television. To reinforce the box-like world view gained from hours in front of the tube we have surrounded ourselves with television analogues. Reality has become a metaphor for a 19-inch screen. More than anything...
One hundred and fifty miles past Grand Junction, past the last house, I hit a traffic jam. Under normal circumstances this would have been completely unexceptional, but this was nowhere. A quarter of a mile ahead, the worst of reasons was lying moaning on the ground, a victim of a...
I was travelling with a freshly minted M.D. off to San Francisco to become an intern, so I was privileged to see the fabled Dr.'s black bag in action. The driver who caused the accident was in the worst shape, suffering from a broken pelvis, internal bleeding and unbelievable...
The collection of medical talent that accumulated there, two hours driving from the nearest settlement, was a testament to the size of the American health care establishment. Within 45 minutes, the accident victims had been looked over by two doctors and two nurses, bandaged by a service corpsman and given...