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  • Ms. Reynolds held the weapon in her right hand and fired one round with the trajectory of the bullet through the pillow, entering her head by the right ear and traversing the brain to where it was recovered, to the right of center, is consistent with being selfinflicted.

    In the Still of the Night Ann Rule 2010

  • Ms. Reynolds held the weapon in her right hand and fired one round with the trajectory of the bullet through the pillow, entering her head by the right ear and traversing the brain to where it was recovered, to the right of center, is consistent with being selfinflicted.

    In the Still of the Night Ann Rule 2010

  • Ms. Reynolds held the weapon in her right hand and fired one round with the trajectory of the bullet through the pillow, entering her head by the right ear and traversing the brain to where it was recovered, to the right of center, is consistent with being selfinflicted.

    In the Still of the Night Ann Rule 2010

  • The only ex British colony that is suffering today is Rhodesia and that is selfinflicted by Mugabe.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Kerry's problem was selfinflicted (no pun intended) the book claimed he got 2 of his purple hearts from questionable incidents. 1 that he got rice fragments in his butt from blowing up a barrel and not running and a second from bruising his arm when he fell down on his boat during the "rescue."

    Obama Campaign Mapping Out Aggressive Counter-Attack Against Swift-Boating 2009

  • There was nothing to show whether the wound had been selfinflicted or fired from another hand, at close quarters.

    Clouds of Witness Sayers, Dorothy L. 1927

  • Suit for damages by legal influence or simulation of assault with evidence of injuries sustained (selfinflicted), not impossibly.

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

  • Despite its selfinflicted difficulties, we now have a one and a half year old Government as a result of the Djibouti

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  • OUR ENTERTAINMENT Def Jam exec dies from selfinflicted gunshot

    Chicago Defender 2008

  • That endorsement, says Hall of Fame second baseman turned ESPN broadcaster Joe Morgan, is "an incredible slap in the face to the gameThe accumulation of selfinflicted slaps-bumbling owners, faltering TV contracts, shrunken endorsements-may have finally awakened the game's management.

    Baseball's Black Problem 2008

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