Word: stolen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...juvenile mythette seems to have a hold over the American imagination: the story of an idealistic man of science who invents a fabulously elemental machine only to have it stolen by evil megacapitalist interests. That is the propelling notion of The Water Engine and, as drama, the play is a trickle...
...skull was stolen from Swedenborg's London grave, 44 years after his 1772 burial, by a retired sea captain infatuated with phrenology. It was bought a century later at an antique shop in Swansea, Wales, by the family whose heirs sold it off last week. Swedenborgians protested the sale of stolen property, but are relieved that the skull is returning to Sweden, where the rest of the founder's body now lies...
...auto mechanic in return for a car lubrication. Another method is "black labor." Example: a company wishing to redecorate its offices pays cash for the work, but does not record the transaction; the decorator pockets the entire amount, while the firm writes off the expense as damaged or stolen goods...
...Obviously, whoever it was knew what they wanted because nothing else was stolen," one source said...
...crime. Parents, even those denied custody in divorce arrangements, are exempted from the federal kidnap law. Lacking jurisdiction, the FBI almost never helps locate or return abducted offspring, even when state lines are crossed. Maybe, says Mrs. Downer, "I should tell them I've had three cars stolen, and their names are Joslyn, Heather and Terry." Says another victimized parent: "If my former husband stole a neighbor's cow, the authorities would follow him to the end of the world. But they can't do a thing to help me find my girls...