Word: mountjoy
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...their grievances and settled disputes by fasting on the doorsteps of their wrongdoers until they were publicly shamed into doing the right thing. The IRA resurrected the practice in 1917, with Thomas Ashe, leader of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, who died in the city's cruelly named Mountjoy Prison during a botched force-feeding. "It is not those who can inflict the most, but those who can suffer the most who will conquer," he declared shortly before his death. Three years later, 89 strikers were released from Mountjoy after less than three weeks without food; their British captors...
...Hail Mary: Try the Mountjoy Ploy...
...else fails, there's always the tactic made famous by Dick Mountjoy, whose bid to unseat Sen. Dianne Feinstein is foundering. Trailing by 28 points, Mountjoy has asked supporters to pray...
...mentioned of the many recent research studies that show children with autism learning to be socially indistinguishable from their peers after ABA therapy. ABA has been scientifically proven to be a very effective method in teaching social skills and awareness to all learners, not just autistic individuals. Toby Mountjoy, Associate Director Autism Partnership Hong Kong...