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The decline of these territories was drawn out and painful, leaving problems in its wake that have been the source of trouble and friction in the Balkans and the Middle East ever since.
(The film was originally called Killing Mrs. Tingle , but the title was toned down in the wake of recent school violence.)
2) Clinton is courageously exploiting public unease about guns in the wake of the Colorado tragedy.
Has the past year brought the lowering of voices and search for common ground called for in the wake of the shootings by Cardinal Bernard Law, Gov. William Weld and others?
The Times of London observed in a report from Washington that Americans are "frankly disbelieving" when told how Britain outlawed hand guns in the wake of a school massacre in Dunblane, Scotland.