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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More of the people, equipment and capabilities that can make the difference between life and death.
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.
Because there was no hope and the situation was so frightening, I was between hope and despair, 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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In pedophile and kidnapping investigations, for example, a delay can literally mean the difference between life and death for a child.
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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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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Doesn't that amount to torture, dangling the victim between life and death?
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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Politics on both sides of the Atlantic is stuck in limbo between life and death as politicians stagger about hopelessly to stall on reform.
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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.
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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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.
Alleviating chronic seizures or debilitating tremors isn't some kind of greedy leg up for a person with a serious disability it may mean the difference between life and death.
"I was there hovering between life and death, " Avital said.
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.
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.
That is unfortunate as the differences in the Medicaid policies proposed by the two candidates could literally represent the difference between life and death for millions of Americans the identity of whom may very much surprise you.
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