Word: thief
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...typical scenario," a CPD report states, " a female diner leaves her purse under, next to, or slung over the back of her seat. While she is eating, a thief sneaks up from behind and takes the purse, or takes the wallet from the purse. This crime also befalls men who hang their coats--with wallets or cellular telephones in the coat pockets--over the backs of their chairs...
...thief succeeds in removing the plaque, the computer will still bear the indelible imprint of the words "stolen property" on its shell...
Hanson said that the thief now has a window of opportunity to return the painting without punishment. If the painting is not returned during this grace period, the thief will face "extremely severe" consequences, Hanson said...
John Laroche is a serial monomaniac who learns everything about Ice Age fossils; then chucks fossils for orchids, becomes a celebrated breeder, then a thief of wild orchids; and finally turns his back on the plant world and its obsessed hobbyists and dives into computers. As he explains to the author of this loose-jointed but absorbing account, "When I was a baby I probably got exposed to something that mutated me, and now I'm incredibly smart." Writer Orlean, at any rate, is a superb tour guide through the loony subculture of Florida's orchid fanciers, and a writer...
Osama bin Laden: Any thief or criminal or robber who enters another country in order to steal should expect to be exposed to murder at any time. For the American forces to expect anything from me personally reflects a very narrow perception. Thousands of millions of Muslims are angry. The Americans should expect reactions from the Muslim world that are proportionate to the injustice they inflict...