Word: manhunts
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THOMAS SANCTON, our Paris bureau chief, assembled and led a team of reporters from around the world to bring us the fascinating tale of Turkey's manhunt for Kurdish militant Abdullah Ocalan. The team followed the circuitous path of the "globe-trotting guerrilla" from Syria to Kenya, the site of his capture. Correspondents reported on protests in more than 20 cities, interviewed intelligence sources in four countries and even managed to contact several aides who were with Ocalan during his final hours of freedom. "Our efforts fell under TIME's grand tradition of group journalism," says Sancton, who knows...
...wild and trigger-happy my home state was until I returned to Houston last week for a little rest and leisure. In the span of the three days after Thanksgiving, we Texans got caught up in a real-life Western featuring a daring prison escape, several shootouts and a manhunt reminiscent of Bonnie and Clyde...
...tension builds in The Siege as the terrorists blow up a bus full of people, a packed theater on Broadway and threaten a room of schoolchildren. Despite the desperate manhunt being carried on by Hubbard and Bening, the government is forced to react as more people are killed and the public cries for action. In comes General Deveraux, with thousands of soldiers and tanks, blockading the Brooklyn Bridge and sealing off the entire borough of Brooklyn. Martial law is declared and all Arab men are rounded up and sent to concentration camps set up in the city, similar...
...hour passed as I hopped around my room, accosting random passers-by (a.k.a. roommates) and telling them about the manhunt. They were just as excited as I was, but they brought up a prospect I hadn't thought of. What will you do if you find...
...hadn't expected me. This is so surreal, he said. I'm glad you exist, I replied. In a Cartesian sense at any rate, he responded. It was a little depressing, but I was proud to have done it, to have found my long lost uncle Mark. My manhunt was complete; I had finally won a scavenger hunt. (I always lost the ones with the eggs.) And there he was, not even huddled under a bridge. We chatted, but I was tired and Mark's never been good with conversation. Well, I should be getting back, I said after...