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...plagiarized a poem and had it published in the Cardiff Western Mail As a young reporter in Swansea, Thomas developed his heavy drinking habits for, Ferris suggests, "the pleasure of being rescued afterwards." He was obsessed with fears of sexual inferiority, and he never outgrew a compulsive need to steal from family, friends and acquaintances. Once as the dinner guest of a psychiatrist, he excused himself and defiantly returned wearing the doctor's suit, shirt, tie and socks...
...others who have stayed with the movement demonstrate at the White House, not even the FBI shows up to take their photographs. So Booth searches for another way to reach the public, another way for the movement to get the attention it needs. He decides they will steal the remains of the Unknown Soldier of World War II, as ransom for the freedom of an activist priest convicted in the murder of an FBI agent...
During his successful race for the West Virginia governorship last November, Jay Rockefeller kept a tight lip when it came to talk of his wealth. "I am too rich to steal," one less-than-tactful aide quoted him as saying during the campaign. How true. Last week, while Wife Sharon was in Washington testifying on her appointment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Rockefeller finally released a financial report. His net worth: $19,716,479 in trust funds, property, furniture, art and other possessions...
...cadets after the electrical-engineering course whose take-home examination was the focus of most of the charges. If the academy had followed tradition, none of the expelled cadets could have returned, for they had violated the rigid honor code: "A cadet will not lie, cheat or steal or tolerate those who do." It was only after an agonizing inquiry into the moral fabric of the academy that the Army ruled that any of the 152 cadets who had been kicked out in the scandal could apply for readmission. The 98 who returned included five expelled in other cheating incidents...
Andre insists that he has transformed the park from "a latrine for dogs" into a place of beauty. As for cost, pound for pound his new work was a steal. The last time Andre stirred such a ruckus was last year, when London's Tate Gallery admitted it had paid $12,000 for one of his creations: 120 bricks, stacked in a rectangle...