Word: imprison
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Fighting crime was Borisov's winning campaign theme, and the Prime Minister-elect has vowed to end corruption, saying he will imprison anyone involved in embezzling funds. But as a former bodyguard with a black belt in karate, Borisov will have to use all his fighting skills if he is to defeat Bulgaria's demons and keep the country in Europe's fold...
...response, retired Orange County Superior Court Judge James Gray, a longtime proponent of legalization, estimates that legalizing pot and thus ceasing to arrest, prosecute and imprison nonviolent offenders could save the state $1 billion a year. "We couldn't make this drug any more available if we tried," he says. "Not only do we have those problems, along with glamorizing it by making it illegal, but we also have the crime and corruption that go along with it." He adds, "Unfortunately, every society in the history of mankind has had some form of mind-altering, sometimes addictive substances...
...such men are technically free but remain at Gitmo because the Obama Administration has not yet been able to arrange their transfer to other countries. These include 17 Uighurs from western China; human-rights activists say they should not be released to China because authorities there would probably imprison them...
...because we were both so young. My marriage to Allan Jong and to Jonathan Fast were more real marriages, but we outgrew each other. Ken and I have a good marriage, I think, in that we allow each other complete freedom and space. Nobody is trying to imprison the other...
...Libyan government continues to imprison people for criticizing Gaddafi. Hundreds more have been 'disappeared.' Libya has no independent NGOs and the government tightly controls all forms of public expression." - Reed Brody, Brussels-based lawyer with Human Rights Watch, on his lack of enthusiasm regarding Gaddafi's new responsibilities in the African Union...