She had gotten to the point where the sound of her son taking in this vaporous bronchial-dilating cocktail troubled her as much as it comforted her.

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The drum track seems to be stomping and clapping by Waits and the drummer, his son Casey, who are eventually joined by the sound of gunfire, which may be one concrete reference too far.

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Mr Stearns enriches his narrative with portraits of the main actors men such as Kabila's son and successor, Joseph, who panicked at the sound of gunfire and an array of personal anecdotes.

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Taking a break at the dining table and looking out over her garden, the only sound is the gentle, insectoid chirping of her son's computer game.

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In the mid-1970s, Louise Bundy was a married mother of five working as a secretary at the University of Puget Sound when authorities across the nation began to accuse her eldest son in a series of gruesome killings.

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My son informs me from Matara, Sri Lanka, that there was a great hissing sound from the sea around 10 a.m. and the sea seemed to be caving in.

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