It is possible to identify with both of them — and to feel an empathetic twinge as they are ensnared in the consequences of their own heedlessness — without entirely liking either one.
This is Cambodia, but it could be anywhere in the developing world, because Suan and her family are trapped in an all too ubiquitous cycle: they are ensnared in a vicious circle in which poverty obstructs education, creating illiteracy and a lack of skills which, in turn, perpetuate poverty and so on ceaselessly until some external factor disrupts this pattern.
And if an instance of that general rule involves an actual general, or better yet two, and they are ensnared in a sex scandal, the tsk-tsking of public officials is quickly accompanied by the snickering of the public at large.
Now they're ensnared in the law of the jungle: the rules of engagement don't apply with this scary cocktail of Saddam loyalists, foreign fighters and terrorists, who hold nothing sacrosanct, not human rights organizations, humanitarian groups or Iraqi civilians.
Upon excitation, electrons in the conduction band go down to the bottom of the conduction band promptly, and then they are ensnared in trap sites.
Once electrons are excited to the conduction band, the electrons descend swiftly to the bottom of the conduction band of CdS, emitting band-edge PL at 490 nm until they are ensnared into shallow-trap (ST) sites within 52 ns.
As if to remind us of our own sorry impact, once in a while they are ensnared and suffering in our unthinking detritus.
"Some were greedy, some were ensnared into a position that they didn't want to be in.
The Ravens were ensnared in the Deflategate controversy, as they played New England the week before the Patriots played Indianapolis in the AFC title game.
Thus officers Anthony Magno and Harry Winter of the 77th Precinct were ensnared.
