Word: fatalism
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...perhaps the most crucial play of the whole afternoon occurred in the very next series of downs. The Crimson had moved the ball out from its 22 to its 46, when Ravenel began a fatal run to his left end. Caught out there, he attempted to pitch back to Larry Repsher...
Reason behind this unlikely procedure is the pest's fatal weakness: the female mates only once. If a female happens to mate with a sterile male, she will lay nothing but infertile eggs for the rest of her short (three weeks) life. The U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists concluded that if males could be sterilized and released in large number, they would find the fertile females, mate with them, and thus eliminate them permanently as progenitors...
...next decade, Dr. Wilkins predicted, hardening of the arteries and its fatal effects-heart attacks and strokes-will be the prime target, demanding 80% to 90% of researchers' efforts in the field of heart and artery disease...
...gubernatorial contest pits incumbent Foster Furcolo against Charles Gibbons, who became the party's rush nominee when Attorney-General Fingold suffered a fatal heart attack ten days before the primary. Gibbons, backed by thousands of dollars from the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, is harping on the heavy state expenses in the last two years, and on the excessive state debt. The Republicans, however, are neglecting one point: most of the debt was incurred in the last two GOP administrations...
...surprising they do not cause more undesired side effects." One of the commonest is Parkinsonism, with rigidity, tremor, pill-rolling motion of the hands, disturbances of all movements, and drooling. Symptoms may persist two or three months after medication is stopped. Thorazine can also cause severe liver damage-sometimes fatal...