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...trader in animal skins. Then he opened a massage parlor in Zurich in the late '60s. After the parlor ran afoul of the vice squad, he switched to the business of selling freedom. In two years, he claims, he has helped 152 East Germans, Hungarians, Czechs and Bulgarians flee to freedom. His standard fee: $10,000 a head (though he offers reduced rates for group escapes...
...first appeared on this planet, he has been at the mercy of earthquakes, which over the ages have devastated wide areas and killed millions of people. While scientists may never learn to prevent quakes, they may soon be able to forecast them accurately, giving inhabitants a chance to flee a threatened area in time. Early this month, for the first time, scientists predicted an earthquake-and then felt it rumble beneath their feet right on schedule...
From then on, Himmler apparently inundated Wulff with demands. When would Hitler die? Wulff claims he predicted the Führer's demise for the end of April 1945 (the actual date was April 30). Would the Yalta Conference succeed? Should he flee to the Alps? Wulff rarely tells us his answers, much less any of his reasons for them. He whines consistently about being overworked and the increasing frustrations of dealing with Himmler's entourage. He says that he continued vainly urging Himmler to overthrow Hitler, and there are moments when he actually seems to think that...
...take their losses and keep on coming. A well-informed Western intelligence officer observes that "while the government's forces have been going downhill, the insurgents have been improving." Even usually optimistic Premier In Tam candidly allowed that the military situation was going "from bad to worse." Villagers flee devastated hamlets as American warplanes drone overhead. Roads leading to Phnom-Penh are crowded with refugees, their pots, mattresses, bedframes and children piled high on ox-drawn carts...
...eastern land of Kolchis. Pelias has promised Jason the kingdom--if he can return. Jason reaches Kolchis and finds the Fleece well protected by Aeetes, king of Kolchis. But Medeia, the sorceress princess, finally helps him. Inevitably, Jason vows to marry her, and with Golden Fleece in hand, they flee Aeetes's wrath. But before they can return safely home, Jason, Medeia, and the Argonauts brave many of the same perils Odysseus would a generation later. Back in Iolcus, Jason finds that his troubles have brought him only half the kingdom. Ironically, it is Medeia who kills Pelias...