While in Ne-Issan, land of the Iron Masters, he develops a love for sake, which only increases his less attractive personality traits and robs him of his ability to see the future in the stones until quite some time after he has stopped consuming alcohol.

Devlin replied that he " got them as the Jayhawk gets its birds in Ireland ," which he explained as follows: " In Ireland a bird, which is called the Jayhawk, flies about after dark, seeking the roosts and nests of smaller birds, and not only robs nests of eggs, but frequently kills the birds.

Also adding to Francine's troubles is her snobby, class-conscious, cocaine-snorting mother, La Rue ( Joni Ruth White ), who robs Francine blind and only cares about her " valuable shopping time.

This murder not only further tarnishes the reputations of metahumans, but also robs Batman of his will to live, as he has sworn never to kill.

Precisely because such a comparison or reference may sometimes be appropriate, Godwin has argued that overuse of Nazi and Hitler comparisons should be avoided, because it robs the valid comparisons of their impact.

While it is likely but not certain that the first time someone robs a bank they will not be caught, it is highly likely that if they continue they will be caught.

In addition to the redistributive themes of a hero who robs from the rich and gives to the poor, many episodes in the programme's first two seasons included the threat that Robin and his band would be betrayed to the authorities by friends or loved ones, much as the blacklisted writers had been.

The naked savages amongst whom he finds himself feed his companions a herb which robs them of their reason ( Burton theorises that this might be bhang ), prior to fattening them for the table.

In the story of Prâslea the Brave and the Golden Apples, the zmeu robs the king of the precious " golden apples "; a parallel can be drawn to the German fairy tale The Golden Bird, the Russian Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf, and the Bulgarian The Nine Peahens and the Golden Apples — although in all these other cases, the thief was a bird ( nevertheless, in some versions of the Romanian story, the zmeu does transform into a bird to steal the golden apples ).

A critic in The Times wrote that " there must be something strangely perverse in an imagination which souses Ophelia in a weedy ditch, and robs the drowning struggle of that lovelorn maiden of all pathos and beauty ", while a further review in the same newspaper said that " Mr. Millais's Ophelia in her pool ... makes us think of a dairymaid in a frolic ".

Ginzberg comments that " the reference here to Metatron — a specifically Babylonian idea, which would probably be unknown to Palestinian rabbis even five hundred years after Elisha — robs the passage of all historical worth ".

Ms. Botz is later revealed to be the " Babysitter Bandit " and after restraining the eldest children, she robs the family.

Moreover, Bauer has argued that this line of reasoning robs Adolf Hitler of his evil: if Hitler was just fulfilling God ’ s will regarding the Jews, then he was merely an instrument of divine wrath and did not choose to be evil.

Zhang Heng claims to be a ferryman but is in fact a pirate who robs unsuspecting travellers who board his boat.

The hero of a wuxia story keeps his honour by upholding justice and helping the poor, just as Robin Hood robs the rich to help the poor.

* The defeat of Antiochus III by the Romans in the Battle of Magnesia robs the Aetolian League of its principal foreign ally and makes it impossible for them to stand alone in continued opposition to Rome.

* Quackerjack ( voiced by Michael Bell )-A toy maker gone insane and wearing a harlequin-style jester costume, Quackerjack uses his arsenal of dangerous playthings as weaponry while he robs banks or just causes chaos for the fun of it.

Mickey Cohen robs Dragna's office one day, and is confronted by Siegel.

A hot intake charge robs the engine of efficiency and produces diminishing returns from the compression process, while an intercooling stage adds complexity but can improve the efficiency by releasing some of the unneeded heat.

Insecurity robs by degrees ; the degree to which it is entrenched equals the degree of power it has in the person's life.

Referred to as " flash robs ", " flash mob crimes ", " crime mobs ", or " flash mob violence " by the media, these mobs start with the intent or lead to the destruction of private property, rioting, violence, and personal injury.

Scarecrow robs a bank with Hatter on Independence Day for Falcone, but is stopped by Batman and Catwoman.

Ock robs the first national bank of Manhattan, but is interrupted by Spider-Man.

When the Rhino robs a bank and a Security Guard is accidentally killed, he is humiliated by the Punisher and saved by Spider-Man before being killed.

Peter continually robs Edmund of the credit he deserves by insisting, " I had it sorted.

A trio of outlaws — Bill Bowdre ( Arthur Kennedy ) and Jesse Coe ( Martin Landau ), led by Tom Fitch ( Karl Malden ) — robs, tortures and brutally kills the white father and Indian mother of young Max Sand.

Brand, a bank robber hired by the ECM, robs a large bank in downtown Virtua City.

Maharito robs the innocent people, by stealing all their musical instruments and occupies the Castle Garland.

* In Season 1, Episode 1 (" Wanted: The Super Friends ") of the American Cartoon show Challenge of the Super Friends, Superman falls under hypnosis by the Legion of Doom's Dream Machine and unknowing breaks in and robs the Depository.

This in a noble apartment of 425 feet in length, and 100 feet in height, covered by a semicircular roof trellis robs, in one span of 100 feet.

To finance his experiments, Griffin robs his own father, who commits suicide after being robbed by his son, because the money had not been his own ( probably resulting in his not being able to repay a debt or losing a trust ).

Tony: Played by The League of Gentlemen's Reece Shearsmith, Tony is a dangerous, psychotic armed robber who robs " Neil's Wheels " used car dealership and shoots the owner, Mr Neil Wheel.

Before Paula can leave, Pierre returns and robs her, telling her that he knows about their crimes and will turn her in to the police if she calls them for help.

60 years later, a young pickpocket named Kar ( Seann William Scott ) robs a police officer in a subway station.

One of the main characters robs 10 cars and parks them in front of a police station.

She robs her father's bank with a gun grabbed from the bank's security officer, escapes because the police mistake her for a fleeing hostage, and takes off with the money to meet Manni.

Freeze then robs a bank until the police arrive.

On the other hand, wifely supremacy demeans the husband, saps his self-respect, and robs him of his masculinity.

It robs people of their sense of responsibility.

Cultural dependency robs one of faith and identity and thus destroys Islam and the Islamic community ( ummah ) far more effectively than political rule.

* 1899 – Female Old West outlaw Pearl Hart robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.

Typically this is an oxidation reaction that robs the metal atoms of their itinerant electrons, destroying the metallic bonding.

Software synthesizers offer great power and versatility, but some players feel that division of attention between a MIDI keyboard and a computer keyboard and mouse robs some of the immediacy from the playing experience.

* The Black Panther uses vibranium in a micro weave mesh in his uniform that robs incoming objects of their momentum.

In the US, magazines and newspapers often do not use it, instead printing " family-friendly " censored versions, usually " n * gg * r ", " n ** ger ", " n ——", and " the N-word "; however, historians and social activists, such as Dick Gregory, criticize the euphemisms and their usage as intellectually dishonest, because using the euphemism " the N-word " instead of nigger robs younger generations of Americans of the full history of Black people in America.

He goes to a town bank to case it before he robs it.

* In the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, Hari is a name of both Krishna or Vishnu meaning " he who steals, or takes away ", referring to how Krishna takes away all distress and anxieties, and lovingly robs the heart of His devotee.

Ahmed ( Douglas Fairbanks ) robs as he pleases in the city of Bagdad.

stole, robs a convenience store.

He befriends some aboriginal people, steals a racehorse, " Combo ", and robs the Moonbi Mail Coach.

Peter then goes to a deli, where a thug robs it and Peter declines to stop him, to spite the clerk that worked there.

This chemical reaction robs the material of chromium in the zone near the grain boundary, making those areas much less resistant to corrosion.

But it is not content to rest on satire alone and introduces an unreal melodramatic adventure which robs the story of much of its charm.

Hence does capitalism remove from the worker the right to exercise control upon the value and the effects of his and her labour, which, in turn, robs the worker of the ability to either buy ( consume ) the goods and services, or to receive the full value from the sale of the product.

Barn painter Adolph Petree ( Rhys Williams ), who had completed a job for Katie's father, offers her a ride, but robs her of her money.