By reducing their political goals to a metaphor every American can identify with, and by disseminating that message through a faithful follower who has large, already-organized captive audiences (mega-churches), they have effectively seized the message, the media and the money.
Along those lines, here's how to tell when politicians are looking for a way to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership without looking like a protectionist or a captive of organized labor: They say the magic words "currency manipulation".
With little concern for the safety of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, who were held captive in Paris, the Comte de Provence issued uncompromising counterrevolutionary manifestos, organized émigré associations, and sought the support of other monarchs in the fight against the Revolution.
"Captive Passage: The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas" was organized by the Mariners Museumm in Newport News, Va., with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Dahomey was organized for war, not only to expand its boundaries but also to take captives as slaves.
A police official said those being held included two convicts serving life sentences, who are thought to have organized the kidnapping, and their wives, who are suspected of keeping the executive, Pericles Panagopoulos, 74, captive for eight days.
After the release of The Lion King, hyena biologists protested against the animal's portrayal: one hyena researcher sued Disney studios for defamation of character, and another – who had organized the animators' visit to the University of California's Field Station for Behavioural Research, where they would observe and sketch captive hyenas - suggested boycotting the film.
They threatened to sexually assault the reporter, who is a woman, and kill all of the captives, according to written accounts the reporter and the 31-year-old driver gave the Rio police organized crime unit.
Both victors and captives came near to starvation on the march due to a lack of supplies in the hastily organized Patriot army.
