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  • "Malingering," and "Life After Death," called Oates a "Wandering star," and said that, if he were alive today, "he'd be similar to Harry Dean, best case scenario."

    Men.Style.com: Latest Features and Articles 2010

  • Susan: "Malingering" can occur in several conditions, yet not always for monetary gain.

    World of Psychology 2010

  • "Malingering," and "Life After Death," called Oates a "Wandering star," and said that, if he were alive today, "he'd be similar to Harry Dean, best case scenario."

    Men.Style.com: Latest Features and Articles 2010

  • Ngh. Malingering cold symptoms include a clogged throat and two canker sores, one of which is on the gum beneath my lower front incisor.

    nanowrimo! 2007

  • Cool… and before this was on Cute Overload, it came from “Malingering”s Flickr stream.

    I luvs my mommy - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007

  • Malingering is frequently the only means of escape for such as he, unable as they are to meet life's problems squarely in the face.

    Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Bernard Glueck

  • Malingering, an instinctive function originally, has, in the process of evolution, become an act of reason with certain animals.

    Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Bernard Glueck

  • Malingering, it will be seen later, appears to certain individuals to be the only possible means of escape from and evasion of a stressful and difficult situation of life.

    Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Bernard Glueck

  • Malingering in those apparently normal mentally; and

    Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Bernard Glueck

  • Malingering and allied traits, viz., lying and deceit, are not always consciously motivated modes of behavior, but are not infrequently determined by motives operative in the subconscious mental life, and accordingly affect to a marked extent the individual's responsibility for such behavior.

    Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Bernard Glueck

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