Word: cage
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Sympathy for pedophiles and rapists is, understandably, in short supply ("If I could find a cage and put them all in, that would be fine," says Sjodin's mother Linda Walker), but the growing movement to limit where past offenders can live, work or even set foot has begun to draw increasing criticism from civil-liberties groups, sex-abuse experts and even some child advocates. Reports of rape and attempted rape have plummeted some 70% since the early 1990s, and reconviction rates of child molesters are estimated at 13%, compared with 47% for all non-sex criminals. Some critics question...
...While an officer was investigating reports of possible vandalism of a bicycle cage, two individuals reported that their own bicycles had been stolen. The individuals described the bicycles as gray/black Cannondale F400’s valued at a total of $1,600.00. At 8:56 p.m. a third individual reported that his blue Trek Mountain bicycle valued at $320.00 had been stolen and the cable lock had been damaged...
Once the king of the art-film jungle, Bergman has been consigned to a venerated but remote corner of the cultural zoo. In his cage, three foreign-language Oscars (for The Virgin Spring, Through a Glass Darkly and Fanny and Alexander) gathered dust as the ancient creature sat still as a statue...
...that same party conference provided a striking indication of the depth of the opposition Deng faces in the form of a speech by Chen Yun, 80, a Politburo member who likens the economy to a bird that must be kept in a cage. "A planned economy must remain as our primary goal; a market economy can only be a supplementary measure for temporary adjustment," said Chen. More generally, he complained that "everything for money is the decadent capitalist idea which has gradually prevailed in our party and society." Even if that point of view should eventually win out, a return...
...started when I was Austin Powers' father. Next I'm in a film called The Weather Man with Nicolas Cage, and I'm his father. [Cage] plays the world's biggest loser, and his father is the first one who notices this...