Word: jails
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...went to jail for possession of drugs and a firearm. What was that experience like...
Patricia McCormick is not the kind of writer who sits at her keyboard waiting for inspiration. She's the kind of writer who finagles her way into a Kathmandu jail to interview a young Nepali man awaiting trial. He told McCormick without a hint of embarrassment that he had sold his fiancé. Why? "Because I wanted a motorcycle," he replied. He then laughed with his jailers, knowing he would probably...
...stage presentation; Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) is his technical superior, but nowhere near so commanding a figure in the theater. One night something goes terribly wrong with their act (an assistant who happens also to be Angier's lover dies) and Borden is convicted of murder and languishes in jail, waiting to be hanged. Meanwhile, the radically deranged Angier seeks out a real historical figure, Nicola Tesla (pioneer of alternating current among many other inventions), who is marvelously played by David Bowie. Angier wants the inventor, who's into cloning, to supply him with the ultimate trick...
...gifts on the lobbyist's behalf in exchange for official favors; in Washington. Previously known for his successful push to rename french fries "freedom fries" in House cafeterias-a 2003 protest against France's opposition to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq-Ney faces up to 10 years in jail...
Tokyo Rose's European counterpart, "Axis Sally" worked to weaken the morale of U.S. troops with her broadcasts on Radio Berlin. After the war, she was convicted of treason, served 12 years in jail, was paroled and became a music teacher in Ohio...