Survivor bias commonly weakens observational studies, even those published in premier journals. It occurs because patients who live longer are more likely to receive treatment than those who die early.

Christina's letter to Mary Haydon about prospective auntship shows that she had looked forward to greater friendship. Now, barely a year later, this hope had vanished; and a certain regret tinged Christina's later references to Fame.

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[…] San Sebastian Church was desolate in the courtyard; emptier, lonelier inside with its pews stretched out like fallen pylons varnished by dolorous residue. From each candlelit nook stared in stony despair one after another saint, regal and rueful: proffering forgiveness, peace, a todo.