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  • My counterargument would be that the war was as much covered by the constitutionality of defense of the nation as healthcare and maintenance of minimal lifesupport in the forms of shelter and food are by the right to pursuit of happiness.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Can I Get My Copy of this Contract 2009

  • True development must provide benefits to all, and must not destroy the natural lifesupport systems on which it rests.

    Macroeconomics and the environment 2008

  • This Congress came back from recess to pass a Federal Law affecting only one citizen, intruding itself between that citizen and her choice to not be kept on lifesupport indefinitely.

    Think Progress » DeLay on the 109th Congress: ‘Conservatives Don’t Go To’ Washington To ‘Pass Laws’ 2006

  • Astronaut 1: "Tomorrow? can't you divert power from the lifesupport or reverse the polarity on the warpfield emitters to speed tgis up a little?"

    Music In Outer Space 2005

  • Morgan would likely stop breathing shortly after the lifesupport removal.

    Cruel Deception Olsen, Gregg 1995

  • It was tricky, but we also added a serious malfunction of the EVA lifesupport gear on the way home -- which cost us the life of our dear friend and comrade, Harold.

    Flux Tales of Human Futures Card, Orson Scott 1990

  • The temperature was over fifty degrees centigrade, and Falcon wondered how much longer his lifesupport system could handle matters.

    A Meeting with Medusa Clarke, Arthur C. 1988

  • "And create what kind of difficulty inside the wheel," Griffin asked, "if you breach their lifesupport?"

    Port Eternity Cherryh, C. J. 1982

  • She was dangerous, I thought to myself, and she ran all our lifesupport up there; and our future food supply; all the technical things in the loft.

    Port Eternity Cherryh, C. J. 1982

  • Maybe they'll come in suits and blow our lifesupport entirely, and rearrange it all, because they need something else.

    Port Eternity Cherryh, C. J. 1982

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