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- n the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges
- Richardson died of an epidural hematoma, an accumulation of blood between the skull and dura, the tough tissue covering the brain.
- Raised in Rio Grande do Sul, south Brazil's rugged cattle country, the new President is a compromise choice acceptable to both moderate officers and the linha dura hardliners .
- The linha dura invited its comeuppance.