It was a gesture guaranteed to win public sympathy but, like dynamiting an opera house, it was strictly a negative act of cultural vandalism. |
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This vandalism has caused much distress and pain to the families of those whose graves were destroyed. |
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He scratched his name into the silica surface in a popular act of vandalism. |
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Looting, vandalism and thievery has forced many foreigners to flee the country. |
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The crimes that affect most citizens, such as vandalism, muggings, burglary and car crimes, are considered low priority. |
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Thieves are thoughtless at the best of times, but vandalism for the sake of vandalism is just pointless. |
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To prevent vandalism and damage, the bases of columns are clad in stainless steel. |
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Beach hut owners in Frinton have had to cover the cost of a rise in vandalism over the past year. |
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Those who failed to mend their ways and continued to disrupt their communities with noise, vandalism and harassment might face eviction. |
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It would be a great shame if we ever had to lock our churches because of vandalism. |
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The tireless enthusiast for the Middle Ages thus unwittingly confessed to an act of mindless vandalism. |
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He said he was not inclined to provide a portable toilet which could be vulnerable to vandalism. |
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A spokeswoman for the Royal Bank of Scotland said the Nessgate cash machine was currently out of service because of vandalism. |
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Civil disobedience is stretched to include vandalism and potential personal injury. |
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He said the use of cameras in Wootton Bassett had seen a big drop in vandalism and shoplifting. |
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Also, popular kids with troublesome peers showed the highest likelihood of being led into such dangers as vandalism and shoplifting. |
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We have incidents of vandalism but to have this sort of robbery with a man trussed up is terrible. |
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The approach taken by some schools to introduce pupils as monitors had proved effective at tackling vandalism on buses. |
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Incidents of vandalism, rowdiness and violence on trains and railway platforms have been well documented in the pages of the Keighley News. |
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There were reports of car surfing, vandalism and a high number of drunk teenagers. |
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In 1984 much of central Dublin was empty and much property was unsaleable and uninsurable because of vandalism and arson. |
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Many police forces have introduced units to tackle vandalism, fire-raising and violence between security firms. |
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The facilities are unsecured, unmanaged and unmaintained, opening the door to vandalism. |
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Even in the advertising industry, it seems that you have to show small-minded, petty acts of vandalism to get noticed. |
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Sometimes police sentries have been placed to protect bo trees from popular vandalism. |
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All we can do this week is appeal to their better nature and urge them to call off their mean-minded vandalism. |
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I think the council could do more to prevent this kind of vandalism and dispel the air of neglect which pervades this allotment. |
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The shopkeepers also say the buildings have become easier targets for break-ins and vandalism. |
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Property crime included theft, burglary, breaking and entering, vandalism, fire setting, and related offences. |
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He had been sentenced to 22 years for burglary, breaking and entering, vandalism, and phone harassment. |
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However the day was almost marred by pointless and useless vandalism to one of the train carriage windows. |
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Mindless and dangerous vandalism at a social housing property has been condemned by police. |
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It makes us so angry that the cemetery is becoming a target of theft and vandalism. |
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This is just mindless damage and vandalism, which will hit us hard in the pocket. |
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Many motorists have now been forced to park out of view, risking theft and vandalism. |
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We want to protect staff and park users and reduce the amount of vandalism. |
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The image of the estate has already improved a lot, with graffiti and vandalism being reduced. |
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In a wanton act of vandalism their car was broken into and rendered undrivable. |
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He supported the new scheme and hoped it would reduce vandalism in the area. |
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Persistent acts of vandalism have now forced the school to rethink plans to create an outdoor play area. |
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A total of 22 crimes of vandalism have been reported to the police in the past three weeks. |
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Acts of vandalism do occur, but it is not something that happens very frequently. |
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A village school is looking to employ private security guards in a bid to crack down on vandalism. |
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Schools are used to finding themselves on the receiving end of crime and vandalism. |
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They cannot be expected to be present while every act of crime or vandalism is being perpetrated. |
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The level of mindless vandalism around the centre is an indicator that we need to do a lot of work there. |
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As a community, I urge one and all to take a firm stand against vandalism of all kinds. |
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We need better public services locally and a tougher attitude towards vandalism and crime. |
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This occurred so many times that they set up a special night watch to discover who was responsible for the vandalism. |
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Conservationists claim the idea is cultural vandalism that will rip the heart out of the town. |
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Wollongong voters spat the dummy at State and local Labor vandalism by recently electing a Green as their MP in Cunningham. |
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These cemetery tours, by raising public awareness, actually have helped to decrease vandalism and increase volunteerism. |
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Aside from the destruction of the spirit of numinous ancient places there is also the simple fact of artistic vandalism. |
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However, such occurrences are relatively rare and are normally foreshadowed by events such as threats or vandalism. |
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Expressing concerns about vandalism, the landlord ordered the artwork removed. |
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Police are treating the incident seriously because the culprits went to great lengths on their orgy of vandalism. |
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As a parent of a frosh I am wondering where the campus police or security is when these acts of vandalism occur. |
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She said there had been vandalism and regular drug dealing in the cemetery. |
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As the Executive has now called in the decision, it is their responsibility to stop this architectural and heritage vandalism. |
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The real eyesore was the derelict building we took over, which was covered in vandalism. |
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They claimed that customers of the busy Main Street hostelry were blighting their neighbourhood with noise, nuisance, litter and vandalism. |
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Incidents of petty vandalism are rising at the church, and there have been fights in the churchyard. |
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We need more police patrols in the area to stop this vandalism and I think the police are doing this. |
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But like most rural idylls everything is not as it seems, the club suffers from more than its fair share of vandalism. |
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Three codices survived the vandalism of Bishop Landa and these three burned around the edges. |
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I have also seen loads of illegal dumping and it's vandalism of a natural amenity. |
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This was a blatant act of vandalism perpetrated by an individual or group as a deliberate act. |
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Such cuts are also an expression of cultural vandalism and philistine indifference. |
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It would be seen as an act of vandalism and ingratitude by the international community. |
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This information will be treated as confidential and might help stamp out vandalism around the church. |
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He said the criminal gangs operated independently of each other, but are interlinked and probably cooperated in the vandalism. |
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Youngsters in a Bradford village are calling for more play activities to help cut vandalism. |
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The plinth for the statue will be some two feet higher than originally planned in the interests of health and safety and to prevent vandalism. |
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The town centre has been deprived of public conveniences since the Orchard Gate facilities were closed down, due to vandalism, back in July. |
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As Councillor Ralph Berry rightly points out, vandalism can knock the heart out of a community. |
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It's not like taking a wee chunk out of one of the thousands bobbing around the solar system is some kind of cosmic vandalism. |
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He says the vandalism is so commonplace costs for groups to use the community hall are set to help cover the cost of repairs. |
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Soon the team's powers will be extended to include graffiti, vandalism, abandoned vehicles and fly-posting. |
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Over the past fortnight, the town has suffered from a wave of vandalism and rowdy behaviour. |
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This can easily rear its head here in drug gangs and petty crime like vandalism without any encouragement. |
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Crimes such as vandalism, car crime and burglary are an everyday occurrence in Swindon. |
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The arrests should be for offences such as burglary, robbery, car crime or vandalism, he said. |
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How would she suggest that we deal with current issues like vandalism and street crime? |
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The designers of the new building are also hoping to minimise the potential for vandalism and other crime. |
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A few people even have minor criminal records, such as vandalism or petty theft. |
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Those who engage in vandalism in most cases do so as a source of fun for themselves and their friends. |
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Traders are calling for an end to graffiti and vandalism plaguing a shopping precinct in Warminster. |
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We've had to put up with acts of vandalism, urinating, defecators and damage to cars and property. |
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Police fielded a deluge of car vandalism complaints from motorists in north and west Wiltshire over Christmas. |
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The determinative issue is whether the proximate cause of the loss was the fire or the act of vandalism. |
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It is true that I despise purposeless killing, and regard it as an act of vandalism deserving the severest condemnation. |
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To TV devotees and music fans this failure to preserve such key national moments has been condemned as an act of cultural vandalism. |
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The young people want to see the problems of drug pushers and vandalism tackled. |
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Mr Smith said some residents claimed youngsters as young as eight had been involved in the vandalism. |
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Places vulnerable to casual damage or vandalism will need plants which, if broken, will grow again, such as willow, alder, shrub roses and elder. |
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It points out letting a home instead of leaving it empty will lessen vandalism, dilapidation and depreciation of properties. |
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Such binge drinking disinhibits people and leads to a spectrum of anti-social behaviour ranging from yobbism and vandalism to serious violence. |
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Salford Council wanted to close it after it had fallen into disrepair following vandalism and neglect. |
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But union leaders said the service was being hit by an act of vandalism and branded the plans folly and an absolute disgrace. |
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Basic coverage will protect you against fire, vandalism, lightning, and water damage. |
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This wanton act of vandalism took a lot of effort and it's a sad reflection on how society can be today. |
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Police are warning troublemakers that their behaviour will not be tolerated following another weekend of assaults and vandalism. |
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I know people link our sort of vandalism to boredom and jealousy but what we're really trying to do is get a reaction. |
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I think that the kids caught in the act of vandalism or anything criminal should be handcuffed and taken to the police station. |
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It was felt that they would be far better employed dealing with crime, petty vandalism, drugs and joyriding in the villages. |
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Asked about the motivation for the vandalism, he said it was simply a case of very juvenile, immature peer pressure. |
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It shows the reasons for what would seem at first sight to be mindless vandalism, but are in fact little acts of rebellion. |
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The appeal follows a recent spate of vandalism where bins have been set alight, plant pots have been kicked over and garden furniture damaged. |
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An escalation in vandalism has been reported by residents since Christmas and some are now at their wits end. |
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The new bench is made from heavy duty material designed to withstand vandalism. |
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In addition to the vandalism, some stolen property was recovered from one of the three men. |
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It is another piece of senseless political vandalism, which reflects badly on all concerned and undermines the Scottish parliament. |
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While billboard vandalism had not been a huge problem in Tukituki this election, Mr Smith confirmed police would be talking to staff at the Kura. |
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A school is having to fork out to buy security cameras after yobs broke in and embarked on a spree of vandalism. |
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The evidence suggests that action against yobbery and vandalism should bring many benefits. |
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The village opened its first youth club last summer and since then vandalism has not been a problem. |
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Minor vandalism is annoying, expensive and distressing to law-abiding citizens. |
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At present, this record of ancient history is slowly falling prey to vandalism, theft, tourism and ignorance. |
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People from the surrounding residential area have constantly complained of noise and vandalism caused by youngsters leaving the club. |
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The season's festive revelries began in force on Thursday evening, but with them came a series of incidents including assault and vandalism. |
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That carries a cost and the cost rises with every act of vandalism where lifebuoys or ropes are removed. |
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Street lights fail to work, litter is strewn everywhere, vandalism is rife, and adolescents roam the streets aimlessly. |
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Yet for the past 20 years or more the building has steadily decayed, plagued by dry rot, a leaking roof, rising damp and vandalism. |
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Co-ordinated in three areas, route crime will focus on all lineside offences, which up until now have been called trespass and vandalism. |
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Nothing is more depressing than a never-ending litany of vandalism, muggings and burglaries. |
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He called on the public to report any instances of criminal damage or vandalism. |
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Reports of criminal damage and persistent vandalism were also relayed to councillors. |
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A clampdown on late night rowdyism and vandalism has been promised this week by the authorities in Laois. |
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According to this, he'd been arrested for assault and battery, vandalism, burglary and illegal racing. |
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As well as vandalism, it will target drunken louts and unruly gangs who make neighbourhoods no-go areas. |
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They are worried they will have to put up with loutish behaviour from rowdy drinkers, vandalism and kitchen smells. |
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It was not caused by the weight of concrete in the wagons, the bridge structure, vandalism on the line, or excessive train speed. |
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But the empty buildings on Bramham Avenue are claimed to be a magnet for drink and drug-fuelled graffiti, vandalism and anti-social behaviour. |
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The only other markings besides gang tags and general vandalism were some more recent satanic markings, pentagrams, and inverted crosses. |
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It may be that Mr. Mitchell assumed that it would relieve the insurers from all risk arising from vandalism, sabotage and malicious mischief. |
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Arrests for trespassing, vandalism and malicious mischief would go a long way to help discourage this activity and build data on the activists. |
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The group brought up issues including obstructive parking, criminal damage, drug and alcohol abuse, and vandalism as specific problem areas for the estate. |
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The rest involved equipment vandalism and missiles thrown at trains. |
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Following the latest vandalism attack on Dungarvan's Day Care Centre, there are increasing fears that management may be forced to close it down permanently. |
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Hundreds of shops in some of the most deprived parts of the region are to benefit from increased security under a scheme to cut crime and vandalism. |
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It's going to be a magnet for yobbos, vandalism and antisocial behaviour. |
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This is an act of desecration and vandalism and it is very disappointing from our point of view and upsetting for visitors that this property has been stolen. |
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The contrast between the anarchical images of vandalism in Seattle and Genoa and the dignified demeanor of civil rights demonstrators forty years before is striking. |
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Those kids will face punishment for their vandalism, and the administration will congratulate itself for its efforts. |
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The country is stuck with the vandals, and vandalism is all they can commit, because that is who they are. |
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The survey also showed that crimes of vandalism had increased by almost one-fifth over the same period, with some of the culprits aged as young as nine. |
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It claims there have been 455 cases of vandalism, half of them in New York, and is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of workers. |
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The warning is part of a major drive to rid the estate of its image as a centre of vandalism and antisocial behaviour, and to improve residents' quality of life. |
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While urging the authorities to find more resources to fix up our schools, our political representatives ought to be leading the crusade against vandalism. |
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His mother had begged him not to go out, anything could happen, there could be riots in the street, looting, vandalism, who knew, with these new times! |
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Petty crimes such as vandalism and noise pollution have been afforded low priority, even though every day they bring misery to the lives of thousands. |
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Why should anyone waste their ingenuity perpetrating such vandalism? |
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After it ceased operating as a hotel, the building fell into dilapidation, and was subject to vandalism, leaving it something of an eyesore in recent years. |
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Security patrols and closed-circuit television cameras are being spruiked as a possible solution to crime in Glebe after a spate of robberies and vandalism attacks. |
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The vandalism he describes includes the Purton Road Bridge being covered in graffiti, benches all smashed up and removed, trees being snapped off by vandals. |
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It looks like an act of vandalism, the equivalent of sending a collection of vintage cars to the breaker's yard just because they don't meet modern emission standards. |
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Police are investigating complaints of an alleged campaign of poison pen letters, nuisance calls and vandalism directed at local Liberal Democrats. |
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In the past we have had some petty vandalism but nothing on this scale. |
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It follows an escalation of vandalism and loutishness in both resorts over recent months and a determination by town councillors to crack down on the anti-social behaviour. |
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Two years later and sober, he was still acting out, facing 17 years for graffiti and vandalism. |
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Though currently only dealing with a week's suspension, they may be charged with aggravated vandalism, breaking and entering and causing a disruption to public services. |
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In one excellent slow-motion scene his brutal vandalism is counterpoised with his young sister's performance in the glitzy pre-teen dance troupe Sparkle Motion. |
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Disregard the niceties of the terms vandalism and anti-social behaviour. |
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Mr Smith said he picked up more than 20 complaints of thefts, vandalism, assault and criminal damage while he was out canvassing for votes before the recent elections. |
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Mr Guymer said vandalism seemed to be on the increase at Vista Road. |
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This kind of thievery, vandalism, individual violence and destruction expresses, not the stress of combat, but an intense hatred directed against an entire people or race. |
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We sheltered under the shade of the massive overwhelming oak trees whose bark was protected from vandalism by vicious spikes forced into the trunk. |
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This wasn't some boredom induced vandalism, this was deliberate infliction of horrendous pain on one of the most harmless and appealing creatures there is. |
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The letter continues that Westport needs several playgrounds dotted around the town, which need to be sturdy and securable at night to prevent vandalism. |
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Do we have to watch powerlessly as this vandalism takes place? |
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Due to infrequent maintenance in recent decades, many of the city's grand structures are in terminal decay, undone by the vandalism of official apathy. |
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The nearby Jubilee Garden, next to the Old Bell Hotel, has four benches, which have been cemented to the ground because of previous problems with vandalism. |
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Yet its exhibits, gleaned from some of the world's finest collections, elegantly displayed and labelled, are in essence, works of purposeful, premeditated vandalism. |
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Sutton Council is in a state of denial with regard to crime and vandalism. |
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The new parish council is grasping the nettle to deal with vandalism. |
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Steel palisade fences have now been put up to stem the tide of vandalism. |
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Such a gesture might look to contemporary historians like an act of archival vandalism, but it was entirely characteristic of the old school to which Macmillan belonged. |
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It is wanton and pointless vandalism which has caused a lot of disruption to the school, but also those who carry out such attacks are putting their own safety at risk. |
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On Monday, September 13, we found that the glass had been smashed again, so the council has to now believe that it is just stupid, wanton vandalism. |
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Their wanton vandalism causes money to be wasted and toilets to close. |
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It's nothing but vandalism and bad cess to them that wield the spray cans. |
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He was in trouble for vandalism and had a notoriously quick temper. |
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We have gratuitously destroyed so much of nature that the Taliban's smashing up of Buddhist statues, as comparative vandalism, will someday seem quite minuscule. |
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Police are planning to make parents sit down and watch videos of their own children misbehaving in a bid to curb vandalism, under-age drinking, violence and abusive behaviour. |
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The children and young people of our area are taking the lead in raising awareness of the amount of litter and vandalism on our streets and parks. |
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Concerned community members met on Wednesday night to find a way to address the growing problem of vandalism and teenagers misbehaving in the town. |
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Because of the social upheavals, there was an alarming increase of juvenile delinquency in the 1930s, with violence and vandalism especially noticeable in the cities. |
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Residents are being urged to use the hotline to shop nuisance neighbours and advise police and councils of vandalism and abandoned cars blighting the area. |
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Petty crimes, such as vandalism and shoplifting, are also commonplace. |
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The Ringmaster System will enable schools to rapidly receive information from police or Neighbourhood Watch on everything from vandalism to prowlers. |
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The vandalism to a cricket pavilion in Lake Meadows and the Noak Bridge Community Hall has caused misery to residents, according to community leaders. |
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Drink and drug binges at a graveyard in the town and vandalism at a play park on the Forest estate have caused residents a lot of misery over the last few months. |
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Last year closed circuit television cameras were used to crack down on the vandalism and drunken behaviour which has plagued the recreation ground. |
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The vandalism and burglaries in the area are knocking house prices down. |
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In my opinion, this only legitimises what are highly public acts of vandalism. |
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The broken mace head was found on the ground below the basrelief, so this was a case of vandalism and not looting of artifacts. |
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Pipelines can be the target of vandalism, sabotage, or even terrorist attacks. |
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Technical and maintenance failures, severe weather and vandalism have led to some service disruptions. |
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This type of vandalism hasn't been seen since Rome was 'sacked' by the Visigoths. |
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It's tough to sneak vandalism into Wikipedia as there are plenty of other users prowling the Recent Changes page. |
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Twitter broke the news, and soon enough, the media hullaballooed over this latest act of art vandalism. |
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The U.S. Open of Surfing dissolved into vandalism, looting, and groping. |
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Deline told him it was the first case of vandalism to Riverside Cemetery in five years. |
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Roberts Park, on the north side of the river, suffered from neglect and vandalism but has been restored by Bradford Council. |
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Hundreds of bombings, arsons, acid attacks, invasions, and incidents of vandalism against abortion providers have occurred. |
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Classes were canceled so students could participate in a teach-in, rallies and sit-ins to protest the vandalism. |
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Piute has been hit tremendously hard with vandalism and break-ins over the last six months. |
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Sections of the Wall are also prone to graffiti and vandalism, while inscribed bricks were pilfered and sold on the market for up to 50 renminbi. |
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The recent spate of vandalism by pupils does not reflect well on the school. |
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A stolen dumper truck was used to destroy 16 lampposts, along with trees and benches in the vandalism spree at Everton Park. |
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However following vandalism at a statue in the Govan area of the city, the statues were taken down. |
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They include driving offences, vandalism, criminal damage of small extent, low level violent offences and being drunk and disorderly. |
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It is intended to install a coin slot for access which should reduce vandalism. |
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Following the September 11 attacks, several American mosques were targeted in attacks ranging from simple vandalism to arson. |
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While other tenants complained of vandalism I shared cherry tomatoes with latchkey kids. |
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One cockler, who knows victims of the vandalism, said the attacks happened between Tuesday at 11pm and Wednesday at 3am. |
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Metro pioneered the playing of classical music in some of its stations to deter vandalism. |
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The former Tilt Hammer, at Saltley Gate, had been hit by vandalism, arson and flyposters after standing empty for six years, and is now to be developed. |
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The resulting NGO campaign against Shell's proposals included letters, boycotts which even escalated to vandalism in Germany, and lobbying at intergovernmental conferences. |
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Later in 2008, there were some instances of vandalism at the site, with one woman's car having its windows smashed after she left it in the site overnight. |
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It sure would put a crimp in things to have any vandalism happen here. |
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Acts of vandalism were committed by a raucous gang of drunkards. |
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But the problem here is that the vandalism takes place mainly during the hours of dusk and darkness, when the winos, drug abusers and teenage gangs congregate. |
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Fewer police means more crime in neighbourhoods across the country where hard-working families are sick and tired of the vandalism and yobbery that pervades their daily lives. |
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It seemed a little knee-jerkish anyway, too obvious for the neighbor across the street to do, and a little too much like adolescent vandalism for my own conscience. |
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Last week's vandalism at Plashet cemetery, Newham, caused outrage. |
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A gate, noticeboard and signpost on the Wales Coastal Path in Shotton were badly damaged just days after being repaired following previous vandalism. |
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A ROYAL British Legion flag pole subjected to years of vandalism has been replaced with a modern vandal-proof system thanks to sponsorship of a local company. |
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If only we had National Service, borstals, approved schools and the birch like we had in the 1950s then all this vandalism and yob culture would be eliminated. |
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In North America there appears to have been a rise in random acts of vandalism, beatings, hate mail, hostile remarks, kippah snatching, graffiti, etc. |
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Kieran Stott, 16, led a gang of 30 yobs and was involved in 36 incidents including throwing fireworks at cars, harassing passers-by, racist abuse and vandalism, a court heard. |
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It would make sense that erratics would be religious sites to the first peoples on Alberta's landscape and stories of vandalism to ancient sites in this province are not new. |
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The cowardly actions of young tearaways who are targeting buses in a warped form of vandalism will also certainly lead to serious injury, even deaths, in the long run. |
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