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And since I'm not a violence-prone alcoholic duffer I passed right by the Father's Day display on my way toward the "Forgotten Man" section of the book store.
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For years, everyone and anyone who could possibly be linked to republican that was shot was automatically declared to be a victim of right-wing, gun-toting, violence-prone, Beck/Limbaugh-inspired, NRA-enabled, redneck radical politics.
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About one-fifth of the neo-Nazis are now considered part of a growing group of violence-prone extremists who target leftist radicals, Friedrich said.
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Is someone actually going to have to die before these hateful, violence-prone demagogues temper their words.
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The rescued sailor is Mat Burke, a lovable, jealous, violence-prone Irishman.
Law Conquers Sea, Stage and Hearts Paul Levy 2011
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A job training program in an impoverished violence-prone area in southern Philippines, for example, is teaching former youth combatants who were engaged in the local insurgency how to build houses, engage in organic farming, and repair cars.
Martti Ahtisaari: World Leaders Must Address Global Youth Employment Crisis Martti Ahtisaari 2010
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The first known manipulation of the genre came in 1903, when Thomas Edison used the planned euthanasia of Topsy, a violence-prone circus elephant, as a means to promote the DC electric current.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009
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And since I'm not a violence-prone alcoholic duffer I passed right by the Father's Day display on my way toward the "Forgotten Man" section of the book store.
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A job training program in an impoverished violence-prone area in southern Philippines, for example, is teaching former youth combatants who were engaged in the local insurgency how to build houses, engage in organic farming, and repair cars.
Martti Ahtisaari: World Leaders Must Address Global Youth Employment Crisis Martti Ahtisaari 2010
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They hope that the celebrations will further isolate the youth and soccer fan groups or ultras - militant, highly politicized, violence-prone supporters of Cairo's two main soccer teams that are modelled on similar groups in Italy and Serbia -- that formed the core of the anti-Mubarak protests and have since repeatedly clashed with security forces over their demand that the military return to the barracks.
James Dorsey: Egypt Suspends Soccer Matches in Anticipation of Protest Anniversary Clashes James Dorsey 2012
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