Word: arsonist
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...Experts are baffled over why authorities failed to protect the historic building, given Korea's wooden and other historical landmarks have been easy targets for disgruntled citizens in recent years. Chae, the suspected arsonist, was convicted in 2006 for setting fire to Seoul's Changgyeong Palace, a world heritage site, but received an 18-month suspended sentence. Another historical landmark, an 18th-century command post at Suwon City's Hwasong Fortress, was also set ablaze in 2006. "There is nothing more flammable than traditional Asian buildings," says Bartholomew...
...playing their Lulu, a character that was nearly a national icon. (Imagine the flap in Britain if this were announced: Brad Pitt is James Bond.) But they couldn't resist Brooks' fresh approach, which painted Lulu as a naif with bad taste in beaux. A carnal Candide, a blithe arsonist of men's hearts, she has no calculation in her, just a knowing or beckoning smile. Her face makes a kind of smile when she's crying too, as if even the pain a man can inflict on her is a game played according to her rules. Great screen acting...
Convicted arsonist Ottis Elwood Toole twice confessed to abducting Adam Walsh, 6, whose 1981 disappearance inspired his father John's advocacy for missing children. But Toole also twice recanted. Some believe he wanted to cash in on book and film deals...
...flames the following fall, a member of its board of directors blamed neighborhood terrorists. And one local teenager set fire to Harvard Stadium in the closing days of the ’81 school year.Most of the stadium’s massive concrete amphitheater was left unharmed, but the arsonist found easy kindling in the wooden press box. The ancient structure had played home to decades of reporters and commentators, and it has hosted such diverse events as Harvard football games, Olympic soccer matches, and a Bob Marley concert. The aging 46-year-old press box provided almost no resistance...
...canoodling with former-hobbit Charlie. Oh wait, that’s Lilly’s real life. Back to the show, we learn that the reason Kate was hounded by the cops was because she blew up her father’s home, while he was inside. A patricidal arsonist? Now that, my friends, is badass. Kate’s flashbacks all unravel as she takes care of Sawyer. Prior to sitting at Sawyer’s bedside, she saw a Black Horse galloping through the island. Initially I wasn’t sure if it was real...