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  • Convicts from a lao-gai “reform through labor” camp, he replied.

    Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

  • Convicts from a lao-gai “reform through labor” camp, he replied.

    Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

  • Sorts of Trades are exercised by Negroes, or by transported Convicts, which has occasioned the Planters and Farmers to assume the Title of Gentlemen, and they hold their Negroes and Convicts, that is all labouring People and Tradesmen, in such Contempt, that they think themselves a distinct order of Beings.

    John Adams diary 28, 6 February - 21 November 1777 1961

  • The nine plays run in three parts, and the first part, The Story of a Childhood, which includes "Roots in a Parched Ground," "Convicts" and "Lily Dale," opened at the Peter Norton Space last week.

    Broderick, Boringly 2009

  • The nine plays run in three parts, and the first part, The Story of a Childhood, which includes "Roots in a Parched Ground," "Convicts" and "Lily Dale," opened at the Peter Norton Space last week.

    Broderick, Boringly 2009

  • Convicts raise their voices until they are a full-throated roar.

    Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011

  • Convicts who sleep eighteen hours a day spend three-quarters of their captivity in relative freedom.

    Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011

  • Convicts shout slurs into the hallway, promise to do unspeakable things if only the guard will open the door.

    Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011

  • And if you're in the mood for one more list, io9 has you covered with "13 of Science-Fiction's Baddest Convicts."

    Wag the Blog #15: My Point of View Is Slightly Askew 2010

  • And if you're in the mood for one more list, io9 has you covered with "13 of Science-Fiction's Baddest Convicts."

    Archive 2010-06-01 2010

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