And indeed, rhyme's utility as a proxy for violence is on display in "The Next Episode," in which couplets are weapon and shield.
In America, race is a proxy for violence.
The United Nations has blamed Indonesia's army and its militia proxies for the violence before, during and after the United Nations-sponsored referendum on independence.
Therefore, to avoid double counting, we employed as a proxy the rate of violence in participants not classified as high risk.
For example, nighttime assaults have been used as a proxy for alcohol-related violence, given that temporal data are likely to be recorded in police records and violent assaults during nighttime hours have a high likelihood of being alcohol related (Brinkman et al. 2001).
As long as Chechens feel themselves under occupation — either directly by Russian troops or by their proxies — the cycle of violence will continue wreaking havoc across Russia.
Rather than resolving conflicts, a Saudi-Iranian war fought with ethnic and religious proxies threatens to escalate violence in both the Gulf and South Asia.
The Pakistan-India rivalry, including but not limited to its three formal wars and constant guerrilla proxy contests, has caused much violence and suffering, of course, and it has distorted Pakistani national life by strengthening the Pakistani military disproportionately.
Even Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ would prove to challenge the decade-long investment in realism by using violence as a proxy for retribution.
