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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...night a boy came in so out of control he thought I was the police and the police were trying to kill or kidnap him. He was incredibly violent--biting, slapping, grabbing doctors' private parts. We got hold of his folks and found out he's usually a good student. Even if he does this only once every two years, given his psychotic reaction to the drug, he could end up killing someone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crank | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

...Every moment is filled with fear; no one can be trusted; there is no peace. In the end, I was found, and my child was taken from me. I would have given anything for the assistance of Faye Yager and the underground. It is unfathomable that any woman would kidnap her children without real cause. If Ellen Dever is caught, she will pay dearly for her actions. But sometimes a mother's love knows no reason; the instinct to protect her child is greater than anything else. NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST Atlanta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 1, 1998 | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

...only way zealots like Yager can understand the tragedies they cause is to set up an equally insane men's version of the group to help fathers kidnap their children. Perhaps then women might understand the plight of divorcing fathers who face a court system that nearly always treats false accusations as true until proved otherwise. ARA KASPARIAN Glendale, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 1, 1998 | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

...Porthos, always ready to be where the action is, rapidly agree to help Athos, D'Artagnan--who still serves the King and feels loyalty towards him--refuses. The three Musketeers, under Aramis' direction and with the approval of the twins' mother, Queen Anne (Anne Parillaud), then proceed to kidnap Phillipe from his dungeon and train him in courtly manners in preparation for his replacing the king during a masked ball. To proceed further in the plot would be to destroy the only compelling reason for seeing the movie, unless you enjoy spending $5-8 per ticket to see seventeenth-century...

Author: By Carmen J. Iglesias, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: `Mask' Offers Cliched Tale of Vacationing Cast | 3/20/1998 | See Source »

...administrative-law judge. Aschemeyer got in touch with Robert Hutchins, head of the Alameda County district attorney's child-abduction unit. And Hutchins went to court to petition for David's release. For the moment, he isn't bringing criminal charges, but he regards the teenager's abduction as kidnapping. "When they sent this so-called escort service to pick up their boy, they took him against his will," Hutchins says. "That's kidnapping." Normally, a parent cannot kidnap his own child, but Hutchins argues that by giving Tranquility Bay the power to "restrain, control and detain" their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is This A Camp Or Jail? | 1/26/1998 | See Source »

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