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Only a few days in-country, Pogany saw the shredded body of a gunned-down Iraqi.
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And in such cases, "I doubt that all but the most hardened Minuteman will be indifferent to the inevitable sight of a gunned-down family."
Daniel Cubias: Death at the Border: Bringing out the Worst in the Immigration Debate 2010
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Seven journalists were gunned-down in Honduras in six weeks during March and April, prompting international watchdog groups to label Honduras the most dangerous country in the world for journalists.
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Seven journalists were gunned-down in Honduras in six weeks during March and April, prompting international watchdog groups to label Honduras the most dangerous country in the world for journalists.
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And in such cases, "I doubt that all but the most hardened Minuteman will be indifferent to the inevitable sight of a gunned-down family."
Daniel Cubias: Death at the Border: Bringing out the Worst in the Immigration Debate 2010
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I'm sure that SFCWallace here would argue that if only Mr. Beutler had had a handgun on him that they could've had an old-fashioned "shoot out" a la Jesse James and Mr. Beutler could have gunned-down his assailant.
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It might be a bombed mosque or a gunned-down pregnant woman or a slaughtered wedding party, but it will certainly be something.
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The funeral of a gunned-down Japanese yakuza mafia boss in 1988.
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When Steyn suggests that a "gunned-down pregnant woman or a slaughtered wedding party ... makes no difference to the justice of the cause," he is displaying precisely the ethical bankruptcy that the war's opponents are fighting against.
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We may assume that Harper Lee composed her remarkable story about the unjustly accused and gunned-down Tom Robinson so that some day a Clarence Thomas could rise from Pinpoint to the nation's highest Court.
A Medal for Miss Lee 2007
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