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...even more gigantic fire breather. From beyond the grave Harry Houdini romances his wife with a misty melody and a huge set that flies away in a spectral swooosh! H.G. Wells zips through the centuries in his Time Machine and escapes the clutches of the dreaded Morlocks in a getaway that puts the Miss Saigon helicopter to shame. And at the end another magician, the EFX! Master, sits atop a crystalline globe held in a huge hand. He's an imp who works miracles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIVA LAS VEGAS! | 4/24/1995 | See Source »

...trading that day, Leeson gathered up his notes, walked off the floor and began his getaway. By 11:30 that night, he was out of Singapore, checking into a hotel in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, 200 miles to the north. At 7 a.m. on Friday, his wife reportedly jumped into a cab and headed for the airport. In his wake lay a venerable 232-year-old British banking empire rendered suddenly and irretrievably insolvent; half the financial world was reeling in fear, the other half in astonishment. On his office desk was a handwritten note that said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicholas Leeson: GOING FOR BROKE | 3/13/1995 | See Source »

...third suspect, who may have been the getaway car driver, sprinted away, police said. He may have been injured in the shoulder, according to authorities...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Leahy Charged With Six Counts For Bank Heist | 3/3/1995 | See Source »

...were injured in the ensuing shoot out, in which more than six rounds of ammunition were fired. Bleeding, they climbed into a getaway vehicle and attempted to drive off before they rear-ended a parked car and were arrested...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Leahy Charged With Six Counts For Bank Heist | 3/3/1995 | See Source »

...enforcement officers believe thesuspect--described as a white male in his 20s--mayhave been the driver of the getaway car thatcrashed...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Leahy Charged With Six Counts For Bank Heist | 3/3/1995 | See Source »

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