1.   Four years ago, Janet McCourt of Pembroke, Mass., was trying to stay alive long enough to see her first grandchild born.

2.   Its executives were desperate, but Armstrong was confident he could keep the company alive long enough to apply a turnaround plan.

3.   That is because researchers have not yet come close to keeping human embryo clones alive long enough to extract their stem cells.

4.   The tabloids kept her alive long after her death with adoring biographical series, reminiscences from acquaintances no matter how distant, and excerpts from instant books.

5.   Woods stayed alive long enough to let Furyk make a mistake.

6.   The pig livers, he said, could keep patients alive long enough for their own livers to fully recover.