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| Both Rumsfeld and Kissinger have been known to contact foreign states to make sure they wouldn't be detained during a visit; detainment, and what it stands for, could prey on their minds. In other cases, lengthy detainment of innocents abetted the enemy's recruitment efforts. 26) Detainment of goods as a surety for good behavior was a common tool imposed by the manorial courts to maintain order in the community. |
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