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flatline
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flatline [ˈflætˌlaɪn]
vb (intr) Informal
1. (Medicine) to die or be so near death that the display of one's vital signs on medical monitoring equipment shows a flat line rather than peaks and troughs
2. to remain at a continuous low level


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NO, WE MUST CONTINUE TO BE SILENT ON THE CRIMES AND FAILURES AND FIND AN EVEN LESS INSPIRING FLATLINER TO RUN IN 2008.
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Will seventy-two-year-old Dole, like Reagan before him, be a flatliner before his second term is over?
 
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