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1. Killings

   "Killings" is a short tale written by Andre Dubus in 1979. In 2001, the story was adapted into Todd Field's film, In the Bedroom. The film starred Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, and Marisa Tomei, and was nominated for five Academy Awards – Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role, Actress in a Leading Role, Actress in a Supporting Role, and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Published. In the Bedroom is the name of the book in which the short story was published. The work deals with the emotional struggle that the main character, Matt Fowler, encounters as he is forced to confront the killer of his son.

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of killings in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of killings in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of killings in a Sentence

1. Geoffrey Duke:

   More weapons will mean more fuel to the fire, more attacks on civilians, arbitrary killings, rape, burnings and pillage.

2. Agnes Callamard:

   I also received troubling information of increased numbers of enforced disappearances of women and men alike, which may indicate even higher numbers of killings, it is of concern that this number may be underreported due to lack of complaints being lodged because of fear of reprisals.

3. Jorge Godoyfor:

   And I looked over at the cinematographer and like, both of our eyes were big as saucers. And I thought, holy s ---, this is going to be a wild one. EL CHAPO TRIED TO SMUGGLE COCAINE IN JALAPEO CANS, WAS INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS KILLINGS, PROSECUTORS SAY The filmmaker said this was the beginning of one stunning revelation after another. But I think the biggest bombshell of all for me and for all of us was that this story is much more complicated and this conspiracy is much more deep and vast than any of us had any idea of going into it in terms of all of the parties that are involved, and that was what really blew me away. Enrique' Rafael Caro-Quintero, the DEA agent murdered in Mexico in 1985. ( AP, File) My hope is that those revelations, whether they are involvement of a CIA asset or collusion by a DEA insider and the betrayal or even just the human toll it has taken on all these people after all these years just to see what it really looks like, what it felt like and how they carry it all these years later.

4. Rodney Frelinghuysen:

   The killings that were perpetrated in the time after we left Iraq would never be forgotten, i completely agree with you.

5. David Griffiths:

   This spate of savage killings must end here, there is little doubt that these especially brutal killings are designed to sow fear and to have a chilling effect on free speech. This is unacceptable.

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