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n.- A poisonous plant closely related to the water hemlock.

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  • Huma, however, had taught him the wisdom of avoiding conflict and certain deathin some situations.
  • Frequently, however it is deathin the form of suicide which prevails: Anne Sexton, like her friend and contemporary, Sylvia Plath, was prolific on the subject of suicide...
  • My own mother coming back to me after her sudden and unexpected deathin 1987is another example of how love lives beyond the grave but what was even more powerful was her...
  • Regardless of whether your left or right wing do you think it is acceptable that Jean Randall, 79, and husband Derrick, 76 froze to deathin their Northampton home on 7...
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