The drab but pain-filled room at Baghdad's morgue is a stark reminder of how much this country still suffers. From Wordnik.com. [POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: November 16, 2009] Reference
The morgue is receiving a minimum of 60 bodies a day and sometimes more than 100, a morgue employee told IPS on condition of anonymity. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Central morgue in Baghdad can’t keep up with workload.] Reference
It's a good thing, too, because the morgue is pretty much overrun by this point - and our protagonists are trying to fight their way out. From Wordnik.com. [After Sundown] Reference
And so the morgue was the next natural place to call. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2007] Reference
And, so, the morgue was the next natural place to call. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2007] Reference
The morgue was a chamber not much larger than the guest room. From Wordnik.com. [Escape From Roksamur]
Not everyone eager to work in a morgue is the paragon of normalcy. From Wordnik.com. [CRUEL AND UNUSUAL] Reference
No, no, the morgue is the last place that lends itself to decoration. From Wordnik.com. [The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little] Reference
The morgue was a low industrial shed in a paved yard behind the street. From Wordnik.com. [Echo Burning]
The morgue was his final stop, after visiting every single hospital in New York City. From Wordnik.com. [A Grim Scene] Reference
(He did not use the word morgue, it is too low.) "I was sure I should find him there. From Wordnik.com. [The Nabob] Reference
Kankakee County: Coroner wants to name morgue for late forensic pathologist - The Daily. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Journal Local News] Reference
She was packing her father's office - that is, the morgue - and checking for any additional bombshells. From Wordnik.com. [Deal Breaker]
Often what I'd do is create what's called a morgue file, with visual reference for all of the characters. From Wordnik.com. [Comic Book Resources] Reference
Still, nothing approached the misery in front of the morgue, which is almost adjacent to the general hospital. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
The morgue is a common place for uncomfortable odors but the workers detected this one as particularly unusual. From Wordnik.com. [NBC Bay Area -] Reference
These facts are usually obtained from the file of biographies -- called the morgue -- which most newspapers keep. From Wordnik.com. [Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing] Reference
Only dead body I've ever seen outside of the morgue was a woman at the base of the stairs on a NYC subway platform. From Wordnik.com. [reddit.com: what's new online!] Reference
The morgue is a sight within reach of everybody, and one to which passers-by, rich and poor alike, treat themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Morgues in Parisian Popular Culture (1867)] Reference
"There were no identification papers on his body and the morgue was the last place we thought of checking," said Mr Magubane, 55. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"morgue" - a row of filing cabinets containing file folders of yellowed newspaper clippings. From Wordnik.com. [The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO Home] Reference
You can't call it a "morgue" anymore because it's the Forensic Institute now. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Beat]
(voice-over): Fortunate because the morgue, which is in the basement, is flooded. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 3, 2005] Reference
Many of my stories have "morgue" files, where I deposit whatever gets edited out. From Wordnik.com. ["Look at everything around us. Look at everything we've done."] Reference
(on camera): The morgue is a grim place but on television it is like everything else, shiny and sleek. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 15, 2005] Reference
Mind if I call the morgue?. From Wordnik.com. [The Dead House] Reference
I’ll call the morgue and get back to you later, okay?. From Wordnik.com. [I Am Not A Psychic!] Reference
“Well, not what you’d call a morgue like at a big city paper,” he admitted. From Wordnik.com. [Say No to Murder] Reference
We called the morgue and asked Dr. Brooks’s assistant to check Napoli’s shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Ricochet]
"The morgue is the place where all the clippings and photos and information are kept on file. From Wordnik.com. [Curtains for the editor]
Privately, they admit that working in the morgue takes its toll. From Wordnik.com. [Counting Corpses] Reference
When Gassant went to examine the body, it had disappeared from the morgue. From Wordnik.com. [Caribbean: Haitian Murder Mystery] Reference
At the morgue, a radio blares an upbeat pop tune by Lebanese star Nanci Ajram. From Wordnik.com. [Counting Corpses] Reference
Her sixth-floor office sits above a morgue and smells faintly of formaldehyde. From Wordnik.com. [Battling A New Breed Of Criminal] Reference
After half an hour, an orderly wheeled Remzija Aljukic's broken body to the morgue. From Wordnik.com. [A Brother Lost To The War ..Aup-Luc Delahaye--Si] Reference
Now that the Clintons 'plan is chilling in the morgue, health-care stocks are on the rise. From Wordnik.com. [Interview With An Oracle] Reference
It's Christmas, the day before the critical vote, and the Yanukovych headquarters is a morgue. From Wordnik.com. [Kiev's Victory Carnival] Reference
Her child was killed within her; its body lies in a tiny blanket on the floor of the Kosevo morgue. From Wordnik.com. ['I Don't Know How We Manage'] Reference
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