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...night of talking and laughing, the group decided to meet at a different location every summer. During the rest of the year, the women, who live across the country and in Canada, keep up with one another via e-mail and the occasional phone call, but the annual getaway, free of husbands and kids, provides a treasured way to recharge their friendships. "When we get back together every year, it's like the time that's passed didn't even happen. You just pick up where you were, and there's no gap," says Chittick. "The connection is just there...
...were." Strategically, the base was perfectly located for attacks against American troops. It lies within striking range of several special-forces camps and a large U.S. air base in Kandahar. As an added advantage, it was just 40 kilometers from the Pakistani border, close enough for a quick getaway?and to receive orders from two key Taliban commanders, Mullah Bradar and Mullah Abdul Razzak, who Afghan intelligence sources say are hiding in the Pakistani cities of Chaman and Quetta...
...whose publisher these days is an African-American woman, called for him to resign as Senate leader. Lott, however, was convinced that his written statements of regret were sufficient to put out the fire, and so he flew with his wife to the Florida Keys for a long-planned getaway...
...behind. Eleven paintings were hanging on the walls of the saloon inside, but the gang settled for five, including two by Rubens - Portrait of a Dominican Monk and Venus Supplicating Jupiter. Caught on video-surveillance cameras, the job was done in just 50 seconds, and the thieves made their getaway at speed, driving across three fields before hitting the open road. There was no need to hurry. Russborough House's sole security guard was in another wing of the house - and anyway, he is in his seventies and would never have been a match for the thieves. The nearest police...
...Verbatim "This is the world's safest island." APIRAK HONGTHONG, police colonel and head of Phuket's immigration office, responding to Danish warnings of an attack on Thailand's popular getaway...