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Ofsted described how one head teacher had reintroduced flogging for talking in class, and had seen a 98% reduction in disciplinary reports after 300 pupils were given the cat-o-nine-tails in a single week.
Archive 2009-02-01 Dungeekin 2009
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Ofsted described how one head teacher had reintroduced flogging for talking in class, and had seen a 98% reduction in disciplinary reports after 300 pupils were given the cat-o-nine-tails in a single week.
Ofsted: Schools Should Go Back to Basics Dungeekin 2009
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Moreover, unlike torture, corporal punishment will normally consist of a determinate set of specific, pre-determined and publicly known acts administered during a definite and limited time period, e.g. ten lashes of the cat-o-nine-tails for theft.
The Spirit Upwelling Linda Boroff 2009
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Snow lashed his spun-glass angel hair around like a white Persian cat-o-nine-tails and ended the song with long, wailing banshee of a guitar chord.
Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009
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When I was a prosecutor I noticed that most all? crime victims wanted the sentence to be 500 lashes with a cat-o-nine-tails personally administered by the victim or their designee.
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Do they refer to flogging with the cat-o-nine-tails, or to animal cruelty?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pirates and the Law: A Retrospective 2009
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Snow lashed his spun-glass angel hair around like a white Persian cat-o-nine-tails and ended the song with long, wailing banshee of a guitar chord.
Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009
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Do they refer to flogging with the cat-o-nine-tails, or to animal cruelty?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pirates and the Law: A Retrospective 2009
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Snow lashed his spun-glass angel hair around like a white Persian cat-o-nine-tails and ended the song with long, wailing banshee of a guitar chord.
Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009
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“Experts flagestimate that a cat-o-nine-tails is far too advanced for beginners S&M roleplaying.”
muamor commented on the word cat-o-nine-tails
Cool. Came accross with this one in Facebook. I think I have some sort of addiction to the 'Donate Rice' application. Yes. Words.
February 29, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word cat-o-nine-tails
Me too, muamor! I made a list of the words I learned on that thing. Oh where is it... *rummaging*. Yeah, here.
March 1, 2008