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murder

1. To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder.

2. To destroy; to put an end to. [Canst thou] murder thy breath in middle of a word? (Shak)

3. To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's english.

Synonym: To kill, assassinate, slay. See Kill.

Origin: OE. Mortheren, murtheren, AS. Myrrian; akin to OHG. Murdiren, Goth. Maorrjan. See Murder.


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... sound" if you run it without the plastic cover. So I can say that you are groslly negligent, but I cannot prove that you are guilty of the murder of this centrifuge. To answer some of you other concerns: - There is no vacuum in a tabletop centrifuge, the plastic lid is used to reduce noise ...

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by canalon
Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:19 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dead Centrifuge
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The Influences of Darwinism

... never heard that about WW2, but it makes sense. I've heard it about WW1 before, though. I've also heard Darwin blamed for all sorts of horrors (murder, rape, abortion, etc.), but I think it all comes down to how people choose to look at it. I don't think people should look to nature (which Darwin ...

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by alextemplet
Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:16 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Influences of Darwinism
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genetic dissertation

... and the potential for contamination. Certainly this is worth discussing in some detail. For a high-profile case study consider the OJ Simpson murder trial, where the defense aggressively undermined the reliability of the DNA evidence.

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by jonmoulton
Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:37 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: genetic dissertation
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Re: Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)

... double the rate for violent crime of European countries and three times the rate of the countries in the Pacific Rim. The combined figures for murder, rape, and serious assault per 100,000 population for 1984 and 1986 were Africans -- 142, Europeans -- 74, and Asians -- 43. For 1989-90, the ...

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by TJJ
Fri May 16, 2008 12:13 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)
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Re: PETA

... wrong to kill an animal if it's not for food or self-defense. Here's an interesting thought about PETA's extreme stance. Would they consider it murder to swat a mosquito? If so, they might not want to visit south Louisiana.

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by alextemplet
Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:20 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: PETA
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