Word: final
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...assisted suicide, which taught voters a great deal about the current shortcomings of end-of-life care. Today only about a third of Oregon residents die in institutions, in contrast to the 75% national average. As a state, Oregon spends the lowest amount on inpatient care in the final six months of life...
...look forward to. "I'm going to dance at Renee's wedding in September," Lucy declared brightly. "I don't boogie--I'm too old. But I can polka." Lucy Shinn did not get to dance that last polka. Around 2:45 p.m. on Sept. 1, after a final kiss from her daughter, she died. --By Maggie Sieger...
...instruction, his mother and his sisters Twilia and Tammey promptly went to a local funeral home to select a casket and an urn. He trusts their taste better than his own, though he has decided to wear his white Chicago Bears sweater, one of his favorites, for the final visitation. For the service, he's compiled a tape of songs, starting with the Beatles' Let It Be and ending with Eric Clapton's paean to his dead son, Tears in Heaven, saying, "They remind me of when I was young." He's considering adding one of his mother's favorite...
...four-part series on dying that airs this week on public-broadcasting stations across the U.S., they had helped launch more than 200 community-based coalitions that have been planning activities to raise public awareness of the end-stage care issues discussed in their documentary. And well after the final show ends Thursday night, nearly 70 national organizations, along with local public-TV stations and a website PBS.org/onourownterms) will promote what they hope will become a national dialogue about death. Using money raised from a number of their traditional nonprofit and corporate backers, the Moyerses are spending as much...
...That leaves the candidates with one projected win apiece. And, as each camp is likely painfully aware, the final contest is generally perceived as a toss-up, dependent on anything from the mood of the moderator to the quality of the night's coffee. On October 17, the candidates will meet in St. Louis for a potentially contentious town-hall meeting, where audience members will pose questions to the candidates. It could go either way: If Gore has learned anything about warmth and accessibility from his year of campaigning, he may just confound us with some quick and witty banter...