Word: thief
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...eggs did too. Since a predator's remains were found lying on top of one clutch of eggs, scientists assumed that it had died in the act of eating them and named it Oviraptor, or egg stealer. But Norell's discovery makes it clear that the unfairly maligned "thief" was more likely a mother dinosaur incubating its own eggs...
...stifle the discontent, Saddam has become more brutal. In June his secular regime applied Islamic punishments to lawbreakers: amputating a thief's right hand for a first offense, a foot for a second offense. In August it was decreed that an army deserter or anyone sheltering him would lose...
With that, Cambridge's most notorious city councillor--a convicted felon who awaits sentencing on 41 counts of bank fraud and conspiracy--added another title to his illustrious list: art critic (or art thief, depending on your point of view...
...thief may have gained access to the apartment by cutting or pulling off a basement window screen, Johnson said...
Charleston, West Virginia -- In March a knife-wielding mugger accepted a $300 check when his victim could only produce $12.50 in cash. The thief was arrested the next day trying to cash the check...