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"He comes to the team as they are still grappling with the professional and personal fallout from last season's take-down of serial killer, Nate Haskell," the network says.
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Though that's no doubt true, it's hardly a line you want to fight over, particularly when, considering the different audiences the networks serve, chances are most CNBC viewers would never have heard Stewart's devastating take-down of the network had Cramer not kept the story growing and spreading.
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Cryptome has them posted – though (as Mary points out) Yahoo has freaked out and initiated take-down proceedings.
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You say the fatal injuries occurred when an officer fell on the man during the take-down - ribs broken in 26 places.
Chasse's fatal wounds were from kicks or knee-drops (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Michelle Malkin also comes very close to this as is clear from reading this brutal (but very substantive) take-down of her book on Japanese internment.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A New Book Coming Soon from Michael Bellesiles 2010
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As it leaves the person administering the drop vulnerable to counter-defense measures, it is not used as a "take-down" move, but as a coup-de-grace to finish off the opponent who is already debilitated or restrained.
Killer cop in Chasse case may get suspended (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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I was thrilled to watch his skillful take-down of the corporate reform narrative and to do it with the deadliest of weapons: humor.
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A writer more interested in religion than in politics, Dostoevsky then produced a novel, "The Possessed," that is a powerful take-down of all—doctrinaires, reformers, advanced thinkers, fanatics—who make a religion of their politics.
To the Barricades! Revolutionaries in Novels Joseph Epstein 2011
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Up until now, Mininova refused to interfere with the search results, claiming that the DMCA take-down procedure they have is good enough.
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Ricardo: but Paul Berman apparently has a scathing take-down of intellectuals who have largely either ignored Hirsi Ali or else belittled her or sneered ather
The Volokh Conspiracy » Tunku Varadarajan Praises Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s New Book 2010
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