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...confirmed the prevailing theory that the abductees were used to teach Korean spies how to impersonate Japanese citizens. One victim, Yaeko Taguchi, a Tokyo bar hostess who had just dropped off her children at day care when she disappeared at age 22, is thought to have trained an agent named Kim Hyon Hui. This agent posed as a Japanese citizen in 1987 to board a South Korean passenger jet and plant a bomb in its cabin. Taguchi, the North Koreans say, is now dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Accounted For, At Last | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

...confirmed the prevailing theory that the abductees were used to teach Korean spies how to impersonate Japanese citizens. One victim, Yaeko Taguchi, a Tokyo bar hostess who had just dropped off her children at day care when she disappeared at age 22, is thought to have trained an agent named Kim Hyon Hui. This agent posed as a Japanese citizen in 1987 to board a South Korean passenger jet and plant a bomb in its cabin. Taguchi, the North Koreans say, is now dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Accounted for, at Last | 9/24/2002 | See Source »

...were just the beginning. Hilary threw her mother a full-blown anniversary party. "Fancy dinner at the dining-room table, Lenox china, the whole deal," says Ginny. Several friends showed up and, with Hilary's help, prepared salad and Dijon chicken. Hilary flitted about the party like the consummate hostess and, toward the end of the evening, produced several presents for her mother: linen Halloween dish towels, scented candles, and Nexxus shampoo and conditioner. Not knowing what else to do, the adults played along with the charade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Daughter: The 9/11 Kid | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

...that George had attended growing up. Since there was still no sign of a body, Ginny propped up a framed photo of George on the altar: he was basting a Thanksgiving turkey and grinning ear to ear. At the receptions afterward, Hilary was the one grinning. Again she played hostess, making animated small talk with different clusters of relatives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Daughter: The 9/11 Kid | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

...Elaine Lancaster, the 6-ft. 2-in. drag queen who is the hostess of the club, says she approves of Reno's moves. "Tonight she looks great in black," she says of Reno's suit skirt. "It's all about fashion." Reno's younger sister Maggy Hurchalla is equally impressed. "She can make her feet move. I just pretend," she says. "Jeb can probably dance better than Janey and I can. He's conventional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Janet Reno's a Dancin' Machine | 7/22/2002 | See Source »

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