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  • By the way anybody to is angry at Israel not letting in journalists into Gaza, shooting UN aid workers, firing mortars at UN safehouses, builing settlements on occupied land, collectively "dieting" (malnourishing and freezing) 1.5 million people and commitiing many many more cruel acts, is an islamist, far left-winger, anti-Semitic or part of a fifth column.

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

  • Up until this point, Podesta has been bravely suppressing any outward sign of frustration with Holbrooke's malnourishing comments on U.S. objectives and measures of success.

    Afghanistan for Dummies 2009

  • But, unfortunately, I have to put on my defense hat and say, even if they were malnourishing the child, we still don ` t know which of these two people actually killed the child.

    CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2006 2006

  • They come upon the malnourishing abundance of the rift and gorge themselves; their descendants grow huge and bloated over such delicate bones —

    Starfish 1999

  • But the risks of inadvertently malnourishing a child aren't restricted to veganism.

    Taipei Times 2010

  • Prosecutors contend Ethan was subjected to "beatings, burning, drugging, isolating, malnourishing," and was left alone and unattended while suffering from his injuries.

    deseretnews.com - Top Stories 2010

  • Were they beating the kids, malnourishing them, or failing to provide essentials?

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • Upon further reflection, I wonder ... can't most of us 'fess up to being closet readers of some type of malnourishing unredemptive literature?

    Texas Trifles 2009

  • This tuition was dominated by endless exercises of Czerny and Hanon and mediocre repertoire thought to be the appropriate diet for children, though it was in fact for the most part malnourishing.

    CounterPunch 2009

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