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rigor mortis
rigor mortis , rigidity of the body that occurs after death. The onset may vary from about 10 min to several hours or more after death, depending on the condition of the body at death and on factors in the atmosphere, particularly temperature. Rigor mortis affects the facial musculature first and... Read more |
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Spartan a citizen of Sparta, a powerful city state in the 5th century bc, which defeated its rival Athens in the Peloponnesian War to become the leading city of Greece until challenged by Thebes in 371 bc. The ancient Spartans were renowned for the military organization of their state and for their... Read more |
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funeral practices: British customs
...eyelids are generally the first part of the body to set in rigor mortis, just before the jaw, hours after death. A corpse whose...Part of this effect derives from its embodiment of the power of death, part from the strangeness death works upon... |
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It was a rumba with rigor mortis.(News)
...through ON SATURDAY night Strictly was all about pensioner power as it was left to the 60-something sirens to show us...smoothing his hair down, and performed the rumba as though rigor mortis had set in. Poor Tess Daly looks like it's the worst... |
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It was a rumba with rigor mortis; Claudia Connell on a night when the oldies...
...Connell ON SATURDAY night Strictly was all about pensioner power as it was left to the 60-something sirens to show us...smoothing his hair down, and performed the rumba as though rigor mortis had set in. Poor tess Daly looks like it's the worst... |
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The choice is simple: radical or rigor mortis.
...Labour Party its fourth Parliament in power. If Labour were to win an early Election, Labour would have been in power for 13or 14 years before voters would...immobility, almost of political rigor mortis. There are still independent-minded... |
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McLean's stranglehold turns to rigor mortis
...states of wan speechlessness.McLean and his board of three other directors are currently facing the beginning of a struggle for power at the club which, unless the fates of modern football are miraculously transformed, there is every chance they might lose... |
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Crisis management demand soars as banks ask help: as regulators clamp down,...
...Calif., to turn cow manure into power. Mr. Vartanian, a partner with...sides of the transaction. Racing Rigor Mortis "We frequently are operating under...institutions contacting us after rigor mortis has set in and the most we can... |
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Wife's injuries called extreme
...had already started to experience rigor mortis and lividity - or pooling of the...Another doctor testified that rigor mortis occurs from two to four hours after...from their home, which had lost power in a storm, to Celmer's home... |
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Cricket: ENGLAND ABUSE FIRES UP WARNE; Tormentor-in-chief turns up heat as...
...decision to quit international cricket. "I thought R Mortis (rigor mortis) was coming into bowl. I was stiff in the back, I...plan this morning and it paid off." CAPTION(S): POWER PLAY: Shane Warne hits out during his innings of 71... |
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Bourgeoisie out, expertoisie in: the new political economies at loggerheads....
...differentials in political power contribute to explaining...practice of the struggle for power. As Hans Morgenthau sums...Although mathematics brings rigor to economics, "history...prevents it from succumbing to rigor mortis." (3) The ... |
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WAR'S FALL FROM GRACE WITH THE END OF THE COLD WAR, THE STUDY OF WARFARE HAS...
...combative articles with apocalyptic titles such as "Rigor or Rigor Mortis" and "Should Strategic Studies Survive?" "A specter...traditional topics such as nuclear deterrence, the balance of power in terms of troops and tanks, and sweeping military... |
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Lucrative functionality: Phosphates are fast becoming essential in...
...strength, sequestering (or chelating) power, dispersion and absorptive capabilities...of meat after it has gone through rigor mortis. Brotsky says phosphates restore...tenderness and juiciness of post-rigor meat to that of freshly slaughtered... |
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