Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life. From LearnThat.org. [Robert Louis Stevenson]
bloodless surgery. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
An insipid and bloodless young man. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Charts of bloodless economic indicators. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The country's first free elections 20 years ago this month became known as the bloodless revolution. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 20, 2009] Reference
In A Taste of Armageddon, Kirk and crew actively destroy the systems that allow the planet to engage in bloodless wars. From Wordnik.com. [The Memory Hole] Reference
However, a rueful subordinate describes him as "bloodless" - and, certainly, his fame as the late John Paul II's "enforcer" was not unearned. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
HARRIS: On the streets of Bangkok, relatively quiet today after what's being called a bloodless coup in Thailand. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2006] Reference
In 2003 with considerable CIA help, Georgia's President Saskashvili came to power in the so-called bloodless "Rose Revolution.". From Wordnik.com. [Using Georgia to Target Russia] Reference
It by definition is an illicit activity, a kind of bloodless terrorism. From Wordnik.com. [Blackmail and Policy] Reference
1. when any will offer a meat offering -- or gift -- distinguishing a bloodless from a bloody sacrifice. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
And they took over Bonbright in a kind of bloodless coupe, and they took it over and went right into public utility financing. From Wordnik.com. [Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science that Changed the Course of World War II] Reference
Research links osteoporosis and 'bloodless' icefish. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
But "bloodless" probably isn't the way the 2010 VMAs would prefer to be remembered. From Wordnik.com. [BlogRound | Site Wide Activity] Reference
It may be too much to claim that what Obama's victory represents is a kind of bloodless revolution. From Wordnik.com. [Upping the Anti - A Journal of Theory and Action] Reference
But for those who crave this kind of bloodless destructive force-of-nature fest, you could do a lot worse. From Wordnik.com. [E! Online (US) - Top Stories] Reference
Monday will bring an extra element of danger for Zotoluco, since the South Point will be playing host to "bloodless" bullfighting. From Wordnik.com. [Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines] Reference
I would beg to protest against the use of that word which we see so frequently in the newspapers 'the "bloodless" revolution of Turkey. From Wordnik.com. [The Present Crisis in Turkey] Reference
Many apologists for the thuggish takeover of the elected government in Honduras still claim that what happened last June 28 was a "bloodless" coup. From Wordnik.com. [The Narco News Bulletin] Reference
Babangida, 68, first seized power in 1985 in a bloodless coup. From Wordnik.com. [Nigeria's former military leader launches challenge for presidency] Reference
No, Japan's next territorial struggle will be bloodless and democratic. From Wordnik.com. [Rebel Rich] Reference
Without a strong perspective, "Over There" turns out to be largely bloodless. From Wordnik.com. [FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT] Reference
The show is also fairly bloodless; Gellar says its "biggest horror is high school.". From Wordnik.com. [She Lives!] Reference
It's all in the cause of democracy, but it is never easy and almost surely not bloodless. From Wordnik.com. [Here We Go Again] Reference
The fact is, "The West Wing" is bloodless, and not just because the body count is higher on HBO. From Wordnik.com. [Why The Sopranos Sing] Reference
In the United States, there was euphoria at what seemed like a quick and all but bloodless victory. From Wordnik.com. [Bombs Over Baghdad] Reference
One week earlier, Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrossian was forced to resign in a bloodless coup. From Wordnik.com. [Russian Roulette] Reference
The verdict is a godsend for Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who deposed Sharif in a bloodless coup six months ago. From Wordnik.com. [The General's Intentions] Reference
Ironically, it was Saddam, not the United States, who won the first bloodless military victory of our time. From Wordnik.com. [How Saddam Won This Round] Reference
The bitter experience of 1968 was the prerequisite for the bloodless revolutions that toppled communism in 1989. From Wordnik.com. [The Road From Prague To Berlin] Reference
Obama can be a little bloodless and dull in his preternatural calm, but his goofy side showed up at debate prep. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Debates] Reference
He was the hero of 1989, the philosopher king of Czechoslovakia's bloodless, cheerful and inspiring "Velvet Revolution.". From Wordnik.com. [Havel's Exit Strategy] Reference
The air war was virtually bloodless for America; casualties after four weeks of fighting were only 14 dead and 12 wounded. From Wordnik.com. [Bombs Over Baghdad] Reference
Some of the Latin American leaders apparently joked with Clinton that he's lucky: at least the coup against him is bloodless. From Wordnik.com. ['They Always Get It Right'] Reference
This quiet revolucion can perhaps be traced back to the bloodless coup of 1992, when salsa outsold ketchup for the first time. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy Of Generation Ñ] Reference
With a lethal land battle looming in the Persian Gulf, the fantasy of war made bloodless by science is all the more beguiling. From Wordnik.com. [War's New Science] Reference
This hidden weakness of even the smartest weapons and all the myths of precision strikes and bloodless war were instantly exposed. From Wordnik.com. [How Saddam Won This Round] Reference
That disqualifies virtually anyone from the PPP, the party widely seen as loyal to Thaksin, who was deposed in a bloodless coup in 2006. From Wordnik.com. [Limping Along] Reference
Those links became especially close after Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani came to power in the bloodless coup that ousted his father in 1995. From Wordnik.com. [Sarkozy of Arabia] Reference
But Gorbachev has taken on an unprecedented task of reform -- a bloodless revolution that no one else has plotted out any more clearly than he has. From Wordnik.com. [Why He's Failing] Reference
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