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  • Gigot: All right, Dorothy, what about this hand-grenade point, that he has a history of saying things that get him into trouble?

    President Gingrich? 2011

  • They're dishwasher-safe; I suspect they're hand-grenade safe.

    If These Plates Could Talk Richard Snow 2011

  • What was visible of the face looked as if at some period it had stopped a hand-grenade.

    THE PRINCESS 2010

  • A journalist from another partisan newspaper, Andartis (7 January 1944), who had covered the visit of the Greek partisans to Tito's headquarters, referred enthusiastically to the Yugoslavian fighter Zina (pseudonym) who, '... no older than 32 years of age, in her soldier's tunic and breeches', was a hand-grenade expert and specialised in railway sabotage.

    Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008

  • "What was visible of his face looked as if at some period it had stopped a hand-grenade."

    β€œIt was the Golden Fleece ready for the shearing.” 2008

  • Before loading the suspects onto a helicopter, the soldiers give them a final pat-down and discover a hand-grenade fuse on one.

    U.S. Steps Up Missions Targeting Taliban Leaders Michael M. Phillips 2010

  • Luke McKissack, 72, a criminal defense and civil rights lawyer whose clients included Sirhan B. Sirhan after his conviction for the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and an Army private charged in the hand-grenade killing of two officers in Vietnam, died April 25 at his home in Los Angeles.

    Luke McKissack, defense lawyer, dies; clients included Sirhan, Black Panthers 2010

  • Small, black and no bigger than a sixpence, it held almost as much explosive power as a full-sized hand-grenade.

    Spell of Magic – Part 9 « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2008

  • He will stop us and throw a hand-grenade suggestion into our midsts, and while Jeanne or I might initially rail against the suggestion, we talk out the implications and see how this radical change in our thinking can send us in a direction that often makes the story come together.

    Archive 2010-01-01 James Sposto 2010

  • He will stop us and throw a hand-grenade suggestion into our midsts, and while Jeanne or I might initially rail against the suggestion, we talk out the implications and see how this radical change in our thinking can send us in a direction that often makes the story come together.

    : The Official Movie Blog: And now there are three - Writing with David. James Sposto 2010

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