1.   She fired into my bed, close enough for the bullet to graze my cheek, leaving powder burns.

2.   Several were shot in the head or neck at close range, leaving powder burns, while others were hacked to death with their own machetes and sickles.

3.   The pistol was close enough to leave powder burns, according to court records.

4.   Proprietors at the Shelburne Hotel complained that Castro and his aides had left cigar burns in the rugs and empty rum bottles in the hallways.