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Such perseverance is the theme of Cloud's account of Hout Seng, TIME's driver in Phnom Penh during the war. After an arduous escape from Cambodia, Seng and some of his family were confined in refugee camps in Thailand. With TIME's help, they were eventually able to settle in Washington, where Seng's son Neang, 28, is a photographer. He accompanied Cloud on his recent journey...
...first time Hout Seng saw the Khmer Rouge up close, they were running past his ground-floor apartment on the southern outskirts of Phnom Penh. They wore black pajamas and sandals made of tires, and had branches tied to their backs as camouflage. All carried AK-47s. It was the morning of April 17, 1975. % After five years of war, the Communist rebels were on the brink of victory. As the government's remaining defenses collapsed, more and more guerrillas poured past Seng's residence into the capital. By midafternoon the war was over, and people were celebrating...
...however, the amount of money that the Japanese government spends is not likely to be the decisive factor in who wins the computer race. In fact, Thomas Hout, a Japan expert at the Boston Consulting Group, suggests that Mill's aid might actually hurt Japanese companies if it dulls some of their individual initiative. The strength of the Japanese computer industry is its competitiveness. Some 30 manufacturers, for example, are battling it out in the market for word-processing equipment...
Despite their differences with him in the past, some top P.L.O. leaders show a qualified willingness to bring Hussein back into the peace process. "We have no problem with Hussein," says Shafiq Hout, the P.L.O.'s representative in Beirut. Other P.L.O. activists concede that it may be a good idea to have King Hussein involved in the talks, since this would probably give the Israelis more confidence in any future settlement...
...Hout. Afrikaans term of derision for blacks, meaning woodenhead...