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In the earliest exchanges Haye seemed to understand the importance of standing beyond the range of Klitschko's left jab, and darted underneath his assailant's arms to land flurries.
David Haye cut down to size by Wladimir Klitschko's ram-rod power | Paul Hayward 2011
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In the earliest exchanges Haye seemed to understand the importance of standing beyond the range of Klitschko's left jab, and darted underneath his assailant's arms to land flurries.
David Haye cut down to size by Wladimir Klitschko's ram-rod power | Paul Hayward 2011
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The only way they knew to settle the issue was to accept a cow from the assailant's family -- in essence the family exchanged the young girl's innocence and the subsequent child born for the value of a cow.
Vivian Glyck: Is Crime and Punishment TV Helpful? Vivian Glyck 2011
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Since without sunlight the intruder's intentions cannot be discerned, one must act preemptively and defend one's life even at the cost of the assailant's.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Morality of Killing Bin Laden Amid Unseemly Celebration Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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While fighting to take control of her attacker's knife, one of her assailant's fingers slipped into her mouth.
Melissa Soalt: Women: Reconnect with Your Innate Ability to Physically Defend Yourself Melissa Soalt 2010
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The only way they knew to settle the issue was to accept a cow from the assailant's family -- in essence the family exchanged the young girl's innocence and the subsequent child born for the value of a cow.
Vivian Glyck: Is Crime and Punishment TV Helpful? Vivian Glyck 2011
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Later, Oenomaus makes short work with some men who attack him in an alley — breaking one assailant's arm so that the bone sticks through the skin and then splitting another guy's abdomen from bottom to top, much as one would do with a human-sized haggis.
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There's no way the guy with the knife stuck in his neck and the bullet in his back survived, and you could hear the crack audibly when Spectre snapped the one assailant's neck.
We watched Watchmen | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009
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The award was not large by these standards, something like $100,000, but his insurance company would not pay because of the assailant's prior criminal record.
Color of Money Live Michelle Singletary 2011
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Since without sunlight the intruder's intentions cannot be discerned, one must act preemptively and defend one's life even at the cost of the assailant's.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Morality of Killing Bin Laden Amid Unseemly Celebration Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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