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Place in As Furnas where Ramón
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444:(26 January 1998).
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201:Death and aftermath
182:European Commission
114:Cause of death
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1211:Milgram experiment
1154:Deep sleep therapy
1116:Christiane Völling
1097:Gillick competence
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517:EP (4 June 2003).
475:The New York Times
446:"Live and Let Die"
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250:In popular culture
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380:Letters From Hell
266:Condemned to Live
262:Condenado a vivir
222:potassium cyanide
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317:Mar adentro
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