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Massachusetts Senator Charles E. Shannon, recently diagnosed with leukemia has battled cancer before.


Massachusetts Senator Charles E. Shannon, recently diagnosed with leukemia leukemia (lkē`mēə), cancerous disorder of the blood-forming tissues (bone marrow, lymphatics, liver, spleen) characterized by excessive production of immature or mature  has battled cancer before. Shannon, elected in 1991, is a former police officer. "l have been down this road twice now, and I am determined to again beat this insidious disease insidious disease (insid´ēus),
adj a disease existing without marked symptoms but ready to become active upon some slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as it really is.
 back into remission Extinguishment or release of a debt.

A remission is conventional when it comes about through an express grant to the debtor by a creditor. It is tacit when the creditor makes a voluntary surrender of the original title to the debtor under private signature constituting the
."
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Title Annotation:People & Politics
Publication:State Legislatures
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U1MA
Date:Feb 1, 2005
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