It contained a dose of morphine for breakthrough pain or shortness of breath, Ativan for anxiety attacks, Compazine for nausea, Haldol for delirium, Tylenol for fever, and atropine for drying up the upper-airway rattle that people can get in their final hours.

NEWYORKER: Letting Go

Mr. POPPLEWELL: A lot of them won't rattle until you actually get them really riled up.

NPR: Recording Story Rattles Producer

As the rhetoric heats up, concerns over the looming fiscal cliff could rattle already jittery markets, throwing off risky assets and disrupting anemic economic growth.

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There are always sensitive political considerations involved in taking over an orchestra - but Rattle's successful campaign to improve the salaries at the Berlin Philharmonic before even picking up the baton is likely to stand him in good stead.

BBC: Simon Rattle's journey to Berlin