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  • Strangulation is such a “personal” and violent way to murder someone.

    Live Blog from the Anchor Desk 9/16/09 2009

  • Strangulation is a bit harsh, though I am sure there are plenty of teachers who have had students they would like nothing than more than to strangle.

    We Don’t Need No Education « So Many Books 2004

  • Strangulation could occur if a child were to place his or her neck between the shade and the exposed inner cord, or pulls the cord out altogether and wraps it around his or her neck.

    More shades recalled due to strangulation hazard 2010

  • Strangulation, in one case, and a beating with a tire iron in another.

    SCI: Summer Camp Investigation 2010

  • Strangulation, after being pushed down stairs (hence, the blood).

    Hit TV Shows Spawn Summer Camps for Couch Potatoes 2010

  • Strangulation in roll-up blinds occurs when the lifting loop slides off the side of the blind and a child's neck becomes entangled in the free-standing loop, or if a child places his/her neck between the lifting loop and the roll-up blind material.

    Jo-Ann Fabric stores recalls roll-up blinds due to strangulation risk 2010

  • Strangulation in roll-up blinds occurs when the lifting loop slides off the side of the blind and a child's neck becomes entangled in the free-standing loop, or if a child places his/her neck between the lifting loop and the roll-up blind material.

    Jo-Ann Fabric stores recalls roll-up blinds due to strangulation risk 2010

  • Strangulation could occur if a child were to place his or her neck between the shade and the exposed inner cord, or pulls the cord out altogether and wraps it around his or her neck.

    More shades recalled due to strangulation hazard 2010

  • VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Zelaya\'s Removal Has Led to Honduras\'s Diplomatic Strangulation'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'The Organization of American States (OAS), headquartered in Washington D.C., has become the epicenter of regional efforts at diplomatically isolating the Republic of Honduras after a constitutional crisis lead to the forced deportation of the country\'s president by military forces, acting under orders of the Supreme Court.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Zelaya's Removal Has Led to Honduras's Diplomatic Strangulation 2009

  • Strangulation was a terrible death in China, where an able practitioner, using his bare hands, could make the agony last as long as fifteen minutes, while the victim, in full view of his enemies, lost control of his bladder, his sphincter, and his last shred of human dignity.

    The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

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