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    A ball and chain (also known as leg irons) is a physical restraint device historically used to bind prisoners of both adolescent and adult ages. Their...
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  • up ball and chain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A ball and chain is a type of restraint device. Ball and chain may also refer to: Ball & Chain, a...
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  • Company and the subsequent revelation of Michael Scofield's (portrayed by Wentworth Miller) death. The film details the manipulated arrest and incarceration...
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  • Ball & Chain is a 2004 romantic comedy written by Thomas Mortimer. It was directed by Shiraz Jafri and produced by A. V. T. Shankardass. It stars Sunil...
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    and somewhat sensationlist studies have now been largely debunked. Waldman (2005) documented several likely authentic examples of the ball-and-chain flail...
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  • "Ball and Chain" is a song by Southern California punk rock band Social Distortion. Written by Mike Ness in 1987, it is featured on their self-titled album...
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    Ball chain or bead chain is a type of chain consisting of small sheet metal balls connected via short lengths of wire. The balls are hollow and have two...
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  • "Ball and Chain" (also "Ball 'n' Chain" or "Ball & Chain") is a blues song written and recorded by American blues artist Big Mama Thornton. Although her...
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    an internal combustion engine, typically with a 2:1 speed reduction. Ball and chain, a phrase that can refer to either the actual restraint device that...
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  • "Ball and Chain" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by the British rock band The Who, appearing as the second track on their 2019 album...
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    six-transistor superheterodyne, and its audio amplifier uses transformers. The clone has no chain, but has metal ring between ball halves instead. A later clone...
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    In neuroscience, ball and chain inactivation is a model to explain the fast inactivation mechanism of voltage-gated ion channels. The process is also called...
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    beginning of rock-and-roll, especially in its use of the guitar as the key instrument". Thornton's other recordings include her song "Ball and Chain", made famous...
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  • "Ball and Chain" is a song written by Colin Moulding of XTC for their 1982 album English Settlement. It was issued as the second single from the album...
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  • "Ball & Chain" is a song by English musician Elton John with lyrics by Gary Osborne. It is the third track on his 1982 album Jump Up! and was released...
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  • gekigan-jutsu (using a ball and chain), chigiriki-jutsu (using a ball and chain on a short stick), and kusarigama-jutsu (employing a chain-ball-sickle weapon)...
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  • band members. The European and the American editions of the album featured different versions of the song "Ball and Chain" with the latter edition having...
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    Janis Joplin (category American rhythm and blues singer-songwriters)
    cover versions of "Piece of My Heart", "Cry Baby", "Down on Me", "Ball and Chain", and "Summertime", as well as her original song "Mercedes Benz", which...
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  • "Senses Working Overtime", "Ball and Chain" and "No Thugs in Our House". English Settlement was well-received critically and continues to be regarded by...
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  • rockabilly, blues and country music experimentation of Prison Bound with songs like "Drug Train" and the radio hit "Ball and Chain". The focus on the...
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  • Aretha Franklin) and "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)". The album has been described as their most commercially successful album, and has been pitched...
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    been used as weights.) However, there are few depictions of such a ball-and-chain flail from the period, so the weapon of this type appears to have been...
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    "Roadblock" and "Ball and Chain". However, the band's manager decided not to allow Pennebaker's film crew to film and record them without paying them, and ordered...
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    "Rock to Recovery" and his son joined him on stage and played lead guitar for the song "Ball and Chain". On April 7, 2023, Ness and Social Distortion posted...
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    their well-known hit singles "Ball and Chain", "Story of My Life", and the cover of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire", and was certified gold by the RIAA...
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  • Michelle Monteith as Julia Carr a ^ Donat and Dunsworth were promoted to recurring starting with "Ball and Chain". In the pilot, their names originally appear...
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  • "Ball and Chain" was actually recorded live in concert, at the grand opening of the Fillmore East on March 8, 1968. Cheap Thrills was a critical and commercial...
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  • New Monday Night Animation Block with Season Premiere of "American Dad!" and Series Premiere of "Final Space"" (Press release). Turner Broadcasting System...
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    XTC (redirect from Terry and the Lovemen)
    (1979) "Towers of London" (1980) "Generals and Majors" (1980) "Respectable Street" (1981) "Ball and Chain" (1982) "All of A Sudden (It's Too Late) (1982)...
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  • episodes. Two additional episodes, titled "The Old Ball and Chain" and "Free" were produced, and were later transformed into a standalone feature, titled...
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