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  • The city reported 40 heat-stroke deaths during a 2006 heat wave, a health department spokeswoman said.

    Record-High Heat Strains Power Grid 2010

  • New York reported 40 heat-stroke deaths during an especially aggressive heat wave in 2006, according to a health-department spokeswoman.

    Heat Breaks Records, Roasts the East 2010

  • Child Safety Week is Sept. 19 - 25, and it's no small cause: Car crashes are the leading cause of death for children 3 to 14 years old, and 2010 is on course to be a record-breaking year for the number of children who die from heat-stroke in parked cars.

    How To Keep Your Kids Safe In The Car 2010

  • Child Safety Week is Sept. 19 - 25, and it's no small cause: Car crashes are the leading cause of death for children 3 to 14 years old, and 2010 is on course to be a record-breaking year for the number of children who die from heat-stroke in parked cars.

    How To Keep Your Kids Safe In The Car 2010

  • Child Safety Week is Sept. 19 - 25, and it's no small cause: Car crashes are the leading cause of death for children 3 to 14 years old, and 2010 is on course to be a record-breaking year for the number of children who die from heat-stroke in parked cars.

    How To Keep Your Kids Safe In The Car 2010

  • I am looking for some time to make jam from some beautiful and delicious greeny yellow plums I got on an (unwise, heat-stroke tempting) trip to the Strip district on my lunch hour today.

    Minestrone for Days on End Lindy 2006

  • I am looking for some time to make jam from some beautiful and delicious greeny yellow plums I got on an unwise, heat-stroke tempting trip to the Strip district on my lunch hour today.

    Farm Box Lindy 2008

  • I am looking for some time to make jam from some beautiful and delicious greeny yellow plums I got on an (unwise, heat-stroke tempting) trip to the Strip district on my lunch hour today.

    Toast: Lindy 2006

  • "How would it look if a 65-year-old visiting grandmother passed out from heat-stroke or something on our watch?"

    Codetalkers: How to win friends & influence people in Iraq.... 2007

  • Still, I think I'd rather die of exposure than of heat-stroke or thirst or whatever would get us if we were stranded outside this time of year in Australia.

    Winter Awareness Bardiac 2007

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