Military officials say the language is intended to allow prisoners some discretion if they are facing torture or other life-threatening circumstances.

He's a smart kid, but doesn't study, and when caught in dire life-threatening circumstances, he discovers himself to be an unlikely hero.

"Many failures occurred during life-threatening circumstances," Dr. Maisel said.

Children suffering from the mute condition of neglect do not rise to the level of life-threatening circumstances.

Needed to feel safe, to make the transition from life-threatening circumstance and situation to normal life.

No play about life-threatening circumstances should itself be so lifeless.

Above everything, he's got to avoid extreme stress, the kind of tension that goes with survival under life-threatening circumstances.

Victims were recorded as they were experiencing life-threatening circumstances, in some instances as they were dying.

We learn, for example, that King often came down with "a stomach virus" when he was about to lead his supporters into life-threatening circumstances.

The show allows survivors to explain, in their own words, how they overcame life-threatening circumstances without dramatic reenactments.