Word: paraphernalia
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Most of the paraphernalia in the room conjures images of kidnap, persecution and torture. A leather body bag crumples in the corner; block and tackle dangle overhead. A lonely stainless-steel dog bowl sits inside a cage just big enough for an adult human. But Decima insists it's all for fun. "I find the idea of one person hitting another absolutely abhorrent - unless it is part of a consensual, adult experience," she says. Decima always makes sure customers have a prearranged "safe word" that will stop the scene if it goes too far. She goes...
FOILED MAY 19, 1999 Anaheim, Calif. When police searched the homes of two eighth-graders at South Junior High, they found two bombs, bombmaking materials, a military-surplus rifle, a Ruger Blackhawk .45-cal. handgun, 1,500 rounds of ammunition and Nazi paraphernalia. They were tipped off by a student who heard that the boys, whose names were not released, were threatening to blow up the school...
...Says DMB manager Coran Capshaw: "We figured fans were gonna get the song anyway, so they might as well get a clean copy." In Charlottesville, the band has an 18,000-sq.-ft. warehouse and a large office complex to handle the demand for DMB T shirts, videos and paraphernalia...
...NAMBLA, the National Man/Boy Love Association, an organization that advocates revoking the age of consent for sex. Police found NAMBLA literature in the car where Curley died, and Jaynes allegedly accessed the NAMBLA website from a Boston Public Library computer terminal just hours before Curley's abduction. The NAMBLA paraphernalia included articles arguing for the elimination of age in consent laws and pornographic drawings of young boys engaged in sexual acts. A detective who infiltrated NAMBLA several years ago, attending meetings and talking to members undercover, told CNN that NAMBLA members have been known to travel the world searching...
...March Hardware, paint, home supplies, gardening supplies, rainwear, sunglasses, china and glassware are traditionally on sale. Women's History month and St. Patrick's Day inspire their paraphernalia. Do advance work for spring as best shoe selections show...