Time Warner's stock chart is like the flatline EKG of a dead person for the last three years.

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In her petition, Pinki Virani said that Ms Shanbaug had been in a "persistent vegetative state" for 37 years and was "virtually a dead person".

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The cut-off point for resuscitation - when a person is pronounced dead - is when all eight have been checked and there are still no signs of life.

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