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 | | I recalled that in 'The Hound of the Baskervilles,' Sir Charles Baskerville dies of a fatal heart attack, apparently because he is frightened to death by the hound. |
 | | In Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese, the words "death" and "four" are pronounced nearly identically, and consequently the number "four" evokes discomfort and apprehension in many Chinese and Japanese people. |
 | | The study by Phillips and his co-authors finds that cardiac deaths peak on the fourth of the month for Americans of Chinese and Japanese descent, and that this pattern is not seen among whites. |
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