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But, as reflected in the 92% who were revived and able to return to normal or near-normal life, "that hasn't happened."
Study Backs Cold Treatment For Sudden Cardiac Arrest Ron Winslow 2011
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Dr Vivienne Nathanson, the BMA's head of ethics, said: "When it's well explained, relatives understand that their loved one's heart isn't being jumpstarted and going back to normal or near-normal function in the way that it is with someone with an arrhythmia, the way you see it in Casualty or Holby City."
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I felt his lips on my hair, and my heart slowed to a near-normal rate.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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As a result, it didn't have trainloads of passengers blocking tracks, making it easier to clear them and run near-normal rush hour subway service.
City Pulls Off a Snow Job Michael Howard Saul 2011
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The Long Island Rail Road was set to run a near-normal rush hour, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.
Commuters in Line for Long Rides Jacob Gershman 2011
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I felt his lips on my hair, and my heart slowed to a near-normal rate.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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Brian Lasorsa, a meteorologist at the Baltimore-Washington office of the National Weather Service, said the eight - to 14-day forecast estimated near-normal precipitation.
So It Might Not Rain on His Parade? - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Even the interest rate on loans to disgraced countries falls within a couple of years from the punitive to the near-normal.
Is defaulting really 'political suicide'? | Aditya Chakrabortty 2011
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In this case, “near-normal” likely means dry: the average precipitation for Washington on January 20, for example, is around a tenth of an inch.
So It Might Not Rain on His Parade? - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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The readings stabilized, climbed back to near-normal.
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