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Convicted of the 1994 kidnapping and murder of three backpackers in Cambodia, the former Khmer Rouge commander Sam Bith was sentenced to life in prison in 2002. David Wilson of Australia, Mark Slater of the U.K. and Jean-Michel Braquet of France were on a train when it was ambushed by Khmer Rouge fighters. The rebels had been waging a guerrilla war in the jungle after the violent four-year reign of their leader, Pol Pot, ended in 1979. Several Cambodians were killed in the 1994 attack. The three travelers were held for three months, then executed when ransom negotiations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...that you’re either for life or against it—Glickman cautioned against this diametric division. He said that though many people have legitimate concerns about subtle abortion issues—like parental consent or so-called “partial bith abortions”—he lamented that the extremes of the debate prevent even-handed discussion...

Author: By Christopher J. Catizone, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Debate Addresses Abortion Politics | 3/9/2004 | See Source »

...career spanned five decades; in Hot Springs, Virginia. With seven major championships and 81 PGA Tour victories, Snead was considered one of the sport's greatest players. He had won every major golf title except for the U.S. Open, of which he was runner-up four times. CHARGED. SAM BITH, 69, former Khmer Rouge general, with the 1994 kidnapping and murder of three backpackers-Australian David Wilson, Briton Mark Slater and Frenchman Jean-Michel Braquet; in Phnom Penh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Person of the Week | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

LISTED IN THE ORDER OF THEIR BITH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Millennium Top Ten | 10/15/1992 | See Source »

Each year, hundreds of men stop up their brains and fill them with bith of vocabulary and grammar. Then they take Harvard's language requirement examination. If they pass, they pull the stopper and let what they have learned dribble...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 594 Skiddoo | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

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