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To: Whitebeard who wrote (405747)	1/21/2011 2:48:02 PM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794009

Sorry about your friend. My FIL died of pancreatic cancer at 80 but in his case it was more like the last straw, he had a host of other health issues before that. I read that 5 years after diagnosis and treatment only 5% of people with pancreatic cancer survive. So it can be done, but it's a real long shot. Wealth certainly gives you access to the best possible care that many people cannot receive, but it's no guarantee. Think Katic Couric's husband (colon cancer), Paul McCartney's first wife (breast cancer) and Jackie Onassis (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma). Interesting stuff about Apple and AT&T v. Google, though I don't know enough about it to opine on it. I do believe in the "great man theory of history" though. On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot and killed, touching off WWI. On June 29, 1914, Rasputin was attacked by a woman who stuck a knife into his abdomen deep enough to cause his entrails to hang out (yuck). Incredibly, Rasputin survived the attack (after surgery). Supposing the Archduke had survived and Rasputin had died?