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kidnappingThe abduction of a person against his or her will. It often involves holding persons for ransom. It may also take place in child-custody disputes or involve psychosexual motives. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But talks to rescue many more abductees and to
resolve North Korea's nuclear development issue have been
deadlocked for several years. Most of the abductees are not criminals, but merely the rebellious
offspring of parents who have been convinced by the BM industry that
ordinary adolescent misbehavior is symptomatic of potentially lethal
problems. Clancy's
graduate studies of human memory and, in particular, of so-called
repressed memories led her to the much-maligned topic of alien abduction
and to a new understanding of the claimed abductees. |
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