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Examples
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He calls it a 'head-splitting hypocrisy that a supporter of WikiLeaks wants to hunt down the source of a leak.'
Bianca Jagger: The Julian Assange 'Trial by Newspaper' -- A Response to Nick Davies Bianca Jagger 2011
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Closed his eyes, awaiting the head-splitting blow.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Despite some head-splitting and gratuitous violence the film weaves together the strands of a nail-biting horror story into a complex emotional tapestry in which suspense, violence, brutality and the gritty street life of the underside of Juarez are relieved by the gorgeous sunrises of Santa Fe and a few strong rays of human compassion across both sides of the border.
Nancy Scheper-Hughes: Take a Deep Breath (Inhale): Organ Panics Nancy Scheper-Hughes 2010
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The head-splitting conundrum of Ralf versus Sidney vexed her sorely.
Torn Between Two Lovers Larry Strattner 2011
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Despite some head-splitting and gratuitous violence the film weaves together the strands of a nail-biting horror story into a complex emotional tapestry in which suspense, violence, brutality and the gritty street life of the underside of Juarez are relieved by the gorgeous sunrises of Santa Fe and a few strong rays of human compassion across both sides of the border.
Nancy Scheper-Hughes: Take a Deep Breath (Inhale): Organ Panics Nancy Scheper-Hughes 2010
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Despite some head-splitting and gratuitous violence the film weaves together the strands of a nail-biting horror story into a complex emotional tapestry in which suspense, violence, brutality and the gritty street life of the underside of Juarez are relieved by the gorgeous sunrises of Santa Fe and a few strong rays of human compassion across both sides of the border.
Nancy Scheper-Hughes: Take a Deep Breath (Inhale): Organ Panics Nancy Scheper-Hughes 2010
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Sounding pretty much like Shirley Bassy on steroids, I could see the poor man's head-splitting as I belted out "Old Devil Moon" in a key way too high and brash to purport of any jazz sensibility.
Melody Breyer-Grell: Conversation With Mark Murphy -- The Last Word in Vocal Jazz? Melody Breyer-Grell 2011
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Sounding pretty much like Shirley Bassy on steroids, I could see the poor man's head-splitting as I belted out "Old Devil Moon" in a key way too high and brash to purport of any jazz sensibility.
Melody Breyer-Grell: Conversation With Mark Murphy -- The Last Word in Vocal Jazz? Melody Breyer-Grell 2011
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Sounding pretty much like Shirley Bassy on steroids, I could see the poor man's head-splitting as I belted out "Old Devil Moon" in a key way too high and brash to purport of any jazz sensibility.
Melody Breyer-Grell: Conversation With Mark Murphy -- The Last Word in Vocal Jazz? Melody Breyer-Grell 2011
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She was lonely for male companionship and sometimes dated again, hoping to find happiness, but when the dates proved disappointing, she retreated back inside the insular world of the house, consumed by crippling inertia and head-splitting migraines.
History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011
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