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...slow boat was definitely the way to go. We were soon scudding down the river in a small wooden boat stuffed with twice as many passengers as the dozen plank benches were designed to hold. I had expected the dry season to be the safest time, but in fact the opposite is true. "It's much safer when the river's full," said Mr. Hong, the captain. "April is the worst time. It's very hard to dodge the rocks." And indeed, it was white-knuckle stuff in some sections, where the river narrowed dramatically between towers of scoured rock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detour | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

...nine hole turned out to be the safest spot to iron out the kinks...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Saves Best for Last With Shakir | 4/10/2002 | See Source »

North Carolina, ranked 15th in the RPI, is the safest bet for a No. 4 seed...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hoops Awaits Tourney Seeding | 3/8/2002 | See Source »

...metal detectors and spy cameras everywhere, antibiotics and vaccines stockpiled, F-16s overhead and the Secret Service on snowmobiles. It's a whole new team sport, the FBI and Secret Service for once sharing information, patrolling in tandem. Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge has called Salt Lake the safest place in the world; but, he adds, there is no guarantee that the system is fail-safe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hope And Glory | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

...Taking Lek and Tip over the border turns out to be easy. Both girls insist they want to go to Kentung to live with Tip's family. They would feel safest there. With trepidation, we agree. While we arrange visas for ourselves, they pick up a pass to Tachileik, the Burmese border town opposite Mae Sai. With the heavy traffic across the bridge, the four of us cross unnoticed. Fearing problems with checkpoints if we go by road, we buy the two girls flights to Kentung. It is with relief that we watch the plane take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shame | 2/4/2002 | See Source »

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