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Would we say about our mothers and girlfriends who are imprisoned and continually artificially impregnated for their milk (albeit on in a “free range” neighborhood) – “Imprisonment is humane and acceptable given the greater sensibilities of our captors.”?
Vegan Envy 2009
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Imprisonment is the starting point for many offences and used often, unless there are ‘real’ mitigating factors.
Gary Newlove « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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The most striking moments, dramatically and visually, come in what Mr. McCartney's tracklist for his score calls "Imprisonment."
All Wet Robert Greskovic 2011
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Under this word Imprisonment, I comprehend all restraint of motion, caused by an externall obstacle, be it a House, which is called by the generall name of a Prison; or an Iland, as when men are said to be confined to it; or a place where men are set to worke, as in old time men have been condemned to Quarries, and in these times to Gallies; or be it a Chaine, or any other such impediment.
Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633
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When Rose's body was found, searchers found a copy of her book "Imprisonment" hidden on her person.
Archive 2009-01-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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Court Finds Nothing to Fault in Gang Member's Conviction and Sentence Reversing course, Third Circuit defers decision on whether Section 666 bribery requires proof of a quid-pro-quo For Purposes of Supervised-Release Tolling Provision, "Imprisonment" Includes Pretrial Detention Carr Factors: "Close Assistance of Counsel" Not the Same Thing as "Ineffective Assistance of Counsel"
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The score lasts an hour and is divided into four movements -- Ocean's Kingdom, Hall of Dance, Imprisonment and Moonrise.
Paul McCartney teams up with Decca label, at last Reuters 2011
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Imprisonment denies criminals the opportunity to impose costs on society.
Overcoming Squemishness, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Imprisonment, particularly in an Illinois maximum security prison, is a waking nightmare.
Locke Bowman: The Price of Injustice: Wrongfully Convicted Deserve Full Compensation Locke Bowman 2011
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I'm thinking it may be from Gary Willis 'The Kennedy Imprisonment.
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