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Dozens of dreaded dacoits, whose names once spelt terror in the Chambal valley that runs into the rough wild country of the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have from time to time laid down their arms and are now leading a normal life.

Next vacation, dine with a bandit!

Release from the grip of demoralizing anxiety can transform otherwise dreaded performing experiences into ones that are full of the joy of music.

How teachers can help

And last, if the fad diet addresses the dreaded issue of regular exercise, it does so in passing or as an afterthought.

"Losing weight in the New Year: fads and facts". (Talking About Training)

Subsequently, in an Allied offensive in Italy, he was taken prisoner and spent two years in a dreaded camp in North Africa with hard-nosed Nazi prisoners as companions.

Janice Glover

I have begun to shake off this dreaded, cursed disease and begun actual writing.

The Art and Science of Avoiding the Dissertation

Most important, he'll be filtering out any potentially dangerous germs which could touch off a bout of the dreaded "false hope.

Hope springs paternal

Having always been in growth environments, I dreaded what I had to do.

Tunnel vision

And if Congress has its wish, many more parents will be getting the dreaded phone call that I got that Friday afternoon two years ago.

'They killed my son.' One father fights for safety in the workplace

MARJORIE SPIEGEL is the author of The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery, from which this article was adapted.

The dreaded comparison

itself the dreaded voyage into the world--the very voyage

"The dreaded voyage into the world": Jane Bowles and her serious ladies

Briefing mediapersons, the Sub Divisional Officer of Bhanupratappur Police Station disclosed that one of the arrested persons is a dreaded ultra who was wanted in a string of criminal cases.

Five Maoists arrested in Bhanuprataptur in Chattisgarh

In the poll by Flomax Relief, four in every ten Brummies said they dreaded going to work on a Monday, while a third said it was the day they felt most tired.