Because there was no hope and the situation was so frightening, I was between hope and despair, between life and death.
Quite literally, the difference between being diagnosed with Stage I and Stage IV breast cancer is the difference between life and death.
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More of the people, equipment and capabilities that can make the difference between life and death.
In our ancestral environments, vigilance and rapid reactions often made the difference between life and death, so the default position was to assume that all patterns are real.
He said in the first few hours of a disaster, when survivors are trapped in the rubble of an earthquake, delays and lack of resources could mean the difference between life and death.
And Miller believes it could even mean the difference between life and death at the end of a long ski run.
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The difference between life and death came down to luck and timing, residents said.
In the end, that attention to detail may have made the difference between life and death.
When it comes to firefighting, its said seconds can make the difference between life and death.
The smallpox vaccine literally was the difference between life and death back in the early 1900s.
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Without access to insurance, millions of women forgo tests that can mean the difference between life and death.
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For real-life operatives during World War II, what they wore could mean the difference between life and death.
Getting a patent issued can be the difference between life and death for some businesses, and start-ups especially.
"The pirates are living between life and death, " said the pirate leader, identified by only the name, Boyah.
They can then deliver vital care until the ambulance arrives, which can be the difference between life and death.
In a crash, that half-second could be the difference between life and death.
This cryogenic sculpture, reliant on its umbilical cord of electricity, quite literally articulates the fragile balance that exists between life and death.
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If anything had gone wrong, the minutes it could take to get to the hospital could be the difference between life and death.
In business the wrong decision may wipe thousands off a share price but in medicine it could be the difference between life and death.
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Government policies can sometimes mean the difference between life and death.
Those extra seconds could mean the difference between life and death.
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Congressman Tiahrt's amendment, which would prohibit such transfers, may be the difference between life and death for potentially large numbers of people in this country.
Or to put it another way, profit margins are so slim that a 6.5% swing in occupancy levels is the difference between corporate life and death.
The government understands how to move and manage very large scales of data, while deriving information advantage that can literally mean the difference between life and death.
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"I was there hovering between life and death, " Avital said.
Predictably, like the farmers and the inner cities, the market towns are clamouring for tax-breaks, in the hope that these will make the difference between commercial life and death.
At this stage of my life -- a senior citizen, as they say politely -- I'm also quite happy to believe in miracles, assuming that the membrane between life and death is paper thin.
Humanitarian assistance sometimes means the difference between life and death, and that is why courageous men and women have been working day and night to ensure that these supplies are reaching those who need it most.
As much as purist free-marketers hate to admit it, when making a judgment on who should perform your surgery -a decision that can be the difference between life and death- price shopping is simply not the best way to go.
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On the other hand, the ability to look at an industry and find the new product that turns college kids into billionaires is not the type of skill that is typically selected for or heightened in the military, where rigorous discipline can make the difference between life and death.
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