Word: thief
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bicycle Thief today...
...actors and camera, the surprise of lighting, the big crazy fire at the climax. As a sympathetic director of women (who could ever forget Adrian's birth scene in Rocky II?) you might be appalled by Bertrand Blier's Tenue de Soiree, a raucous romantic farce in which Macho Thief Gerard Depardieu gets the raging hots for Winsome Wimp Michel Blanc, and they both end up in drag. Still, the film is so ingenuous and vigorous that even an ardent feminist like yourself might surrender to its skewed charm...
Solid Crimson defense prevented Cornell from further scoring during the next three innings: a throw from catcher Frank Morelli nabbed a would-be base thief, first baseman Rich Renninger made a good stop on a Cornell grounder, and infielders threw to second base five times to cut down the Big Red's lead runner...
Genet was born illegitimate, reared in a state orphanage and sent at seven to foster parents on a farm in central France. He became an altar boy, and the priest thought he had "a religious nature," but his foster mother caught him stealing from her purse. "You little thief!" she cried. Genet took that as his creed: "I answered 'Yes' to every accusation made against me, no matter how unjust . . .Yes, I had to become whatever they said I was . . . I was a coward, thief, traitor, queer, whatever they...
...Says Timber Management Assistant Johnny Hodges: "We just find a lot of holes." That is easier than finding the diggers, who face a sentence of ten years and a fine of $10,000, the maximum penalty for stealing Government property. The rangers have yet to catch their first aspen thief...