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  • In hoping to stay ahead of the Chinese in all things educational, they may have noticed, had they not been blinded by their own unfailing insights, that the Chinese would like very much to leave behind the kind of educational rigormortis that these same American corporate testocratic bullies have set in motion in the U.S. of A. in ways that threatens our economic viability, creative viability, and our political viability.

    East Meets West Going In Opposite Directions Jim Horn 2009

  • In hoping to stay ahead of the Chinese in all things educational, they may have noticed, had they not been blinded by their own unfailing insights, that the Chinese would like very much to leave behind the kind of educational rigormortis that these same American corporate testocratic bullies have set in motion in the U.S. of A. in ways that threatens our economic viability, creative viability, and our political viability.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Jim Horn 2009

  • I do believe my lower extremities have been stricken with rigormortis!

    She's a cowgirl, baby! Chuck Wells 2008

  • The trolls keep going on about 8 hours and rigormortis in the bodies, but so far are shockingly short on corraborating evidence.

    Think Progress » Rush Limbaugh on the Qana bombing, 2006

  • For example, rigormortis, livermortis or the change -- the cooling of the body over time.

    CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2006 2006

  • RAOUL FELDER, DIVORCE ATTORNEY: Waiting for rigormortis (ph) at this point.

    CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2006 2006

  • The same people passing by take great delight in watching the bird writhe in the throes of death and are not satisfied until they see the stiff, unmoving feathers, the beak agape -- no breath passing -- and the cement of rigormortis set in.

    absentia Diary Entry absentia 2001

  • The thing about necrophilia is you have to cross their legs before rigormortis sets in, keeps'em tighter.

    Pirates! Man Your Women! 2008

  • Things were getting worse rather than better, and Leukman’s grimace displayed more affinity for rigormortis than voter sympathies.

    NaNoWriMo: Political Suicide « The Graveyard 2009

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