TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRISONER»
The term «prisoner» is very widely used and occupies the
15.971 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
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10 QUOTES WITH «PRISONER»
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prisoner.
I've wanted somehow to convey to you the sensations - the atmospheric pressure, you might say - of what it is to be seriously a long-term prisoner in an American prison.
Among those people lucky enough, if you will, to have actually been brought to trial as a political prisoner, several historians have said there has not been one acquittal since the Bolshevik Revolution.
It's very comforting to know that you are faced with a difficult job. If someone gives you a job which shows every sign of being easy, then you are a prisoner of effortlessness.
I'm not obsessed by looks. I think you can become a prisoner of your own image.
The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story.
You feel like a prisoner if you don't create. You're jailed up inside of yourself.
Until 1869, when they were banned, debtors' prisons were the great incinerators of British reputations. Those who were unable to pay their bills were jailed until their creditors were paid - an unlikely event, given that the prisoner was unable to work.
Television is a prisoner of dialogue and steady-cam. People walk down a hall, and the camera follows them around a corner.
I am George Rogers Clark. You have just become a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
One of my biggest fears is not being able to break out of a rut; of becoming a prisoner to my ways, unable to change course. But in my mid-thirties, I learned you can change your thinking.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRISONER»
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prisoner in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
prisoner and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Everything he has, and everyone he loves, have been snatched brutally from him. And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner -- his arm tattooed with the words PRISONER B-3087.
Alan Gratz, Jack Gruener, Ruth Gruener, 2013
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Prisoner of Tehran: One Woman's Story of Survival Inside an ...
Follows the author's tragic childhood in 1980s Iran, which was shaped by war, the Khomeini regime, and her work as a teen anti-propaganda activist, efforts for which she was brutally beaten and sentenced to death before a guard offered to ...
3
Michael Vey: The
Prisoner of Cell 25
Michael Vey, a fourteen-year old who has Tourette's syndrome and special electric powers, finds there are others like him, and must rely on his powers to save himself and the others from a diabolical group seeking to control them.
4
Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban
For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black.
5
The
Prisoner Society: Power, Adaptation, and Social Life in ...
The Prisoner Society offers an in-depth sociological analysis of prison life drawn from the life stories and experiences of prisoners and the testimony of officers, managers and prison governors at the UK prison HMP Wellingborough, a medium ...
Follows the late author's experiences and observations as a visitor to an early 1970s Palestinian refugee camp, in a lyrical and philosophical account that offers insight into the Palestinian cause and the Middle Eastern conflict.
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Help! I'm a
Prisoner in the Library
Two girls spend an adventurous night trapped inside the public library during a terrible blizzard.
And when the four prosecution witnesses are a barrister, a popular actor, an aristocrat and the youngest partner in an established firm's history, who is going to believe his side of the story.
9
Prisoner of Wonderland: An ESL Misadventure
Jane and Melissa were recent college graduates, uncertain of what their futures would hold.
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Prisoner Reentry and Crime in America
The contributors question the causes of public concern about the number of returning prisoners, the public safety consequences of prisoners returning to the community and the political and law enforcement responses to the issue.
Jeremy Travis, Christy Visher, 2005
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRISONER»
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prisoner is used in the context of the following news items.
Prisoner TV star Maggie Kirkpatrick charged with historical child …
Australian actor Maggie Kirkpatrick, who played the Freak in the original Prisoner series, says she will fight historic child sex charges. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Prisoner Who Escaped NYPD Custody Turns Himself In
The latest escaped prisoner to give New York City authorities the slip while detained in a holding cell was back in police custody and went ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
Investigation launched after Strangeways prisoner tried to carry out …
An investigation has been launched after a Strangeways prisoner attempted to carry out 'an act of self-harm' but ended up plunging onto a ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
Police interviewed in probe involving unconscious prisoner
THE INDEPENDENT Commis-sion of Investigations (INDECOM) has stepped up its probe into an incident in which a suspect in the murder of ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
Pakistan urged to halt execution of severely disabled prisoner
Pakistan urged to halt execution of severely disabled prisoner. Clive Stafford Smith. As a mentally ill man and a paraplegic face execution in ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Prisoner's near escape from Victorian County Court prompts security …
A SECURITY scare at one of Melbourne's busiest courts has sparked a widespread investigation after a prisoner gave guards the slip and tried ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
Walton jail prisoner knifed in chest in cell attack
Two inmates at Walton were questioned by police after a prisoner was knifed in his cell. The 25-year-old was stabbed in the chest when two ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
Search is under way for escaped prisoner
Authorities are asking anyone who sees the prisoner to contact them. Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material ... «Alabama's News Leader, Jul 15»
Third prisoner in T&T jailbreak surrenders
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The third prisoner who participated in a brazen jailbreak on Friday that resulted in the death of a police ... «Jamaica Observer, Jul 15»
Acting Warden Placed on Leave for Nude Photo of Prisoner
The prisoner involved is Keith Garrido, who was convicted in the murder of ... following an investigation into nude photos taken of a prisoner. «Pacific News Center, Jul 15»
