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Few people were more agnostically alive than Stoppard, who loved the finer things in life and handsomely earned them with his inexhaustible wit.

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He described McLaren's strategy as "an interesting move", adding: "But still you have to keep the tyres alive."

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The Dutchman has to finish ahead of Norris to keep his chances alive.

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Kennedy, 71, has no medical or government background, but since his appointment in February, he has undertaken massive changes to the nation’s many agencies tasked with keeping people alive and healthy.

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While viruses are technically not alive, it is their nature to mutate and evolve.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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