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  • Found among Ricin Man’s belongings: Several vials (I almost wrote "viles") of ricin — a chemical so deadly, a dot of it the size of the head of a pin is enough to kill a normal-sized human.

    Do You Know the Ricin Man? The Ricin Man, the Ricin Man . . . 2008

  • I have a comment regarding the biohazard bag and red sharps containers … The sharps containers are for sharp medical waste such as syringes with needles, suture needles, small glass viles, etc.

    The Tail Section » First Look at Episode 4.5 “The Constant” 2008

  • Let's say we hear from the FBI today that certain viles or syringes or plastic tubes were used to make this device, and we're worried about copycats or follow - up attacks, then certainly that would be an immediate message going out to all airline security agencies, worldwide.

    CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2009 2009

  • You have the viles with blood, the glass that was in Peter's head ...

    HEROES Take Over Entertainment Weekly | the TV addict 2007

  • When I was a little kid growing up in New York in the early eighties, we used to collect empty crack viles because they had pretty, multi-colored caps.

    Tom Fruin, 2008

  • Ricin in Vegas The deadly toxin ricin was found in viles at a Las Vegas motel.

    Oracle of Omaha's Letter 2008

  • Stallone had imported 48 viles of human growth hormone, bought on the American black market.

    CNN Transcript May 15, 2007 2007

  • It contains more than 300 viles of dirt from celebrity homes and other exotic locations.

    CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2007 2007

  • Je ne pense pas que DailyMotion ait de viles idées derrière la tête, mais sait-on jamais…

    2006 November — Climb to the Stars 2006

  • It seems like voodoo with all these little viles of stuff they have and all this tapping on your chest while you hold these harmonic sticks.

    the charm of the highway strip 2005

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