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DIED. JACK SLIPPER, 81, Scotland Yard detective who, despite his reputation as a master, will be remembered for his thwarted global pursuit of nemesis Ronald Biggs, one of the masked men who robbed a night mail train from Glasgow to London of 2.6 million ($7 million) in what became known as the Great Train Robbery of 1963 and who, though caught, soon escaped jail; reported in London. Slipper tracked Biggs to Rio de Janeiro in 1974 (greeting him with "Long time no see, Ronnie!"), but Brazilian officials refused to deport Biggs, who remained a fugitive until 2001, when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Sep. 5, 2005 | 8/28/2005 | See Source »

Everything but Madonna's hat and her bridegroom's tuxedo was white--the tents, the bunting covering the tennis court, the tablecloths. At the center of each table sat a modern version of Cinderella's slipper: a gold-and-jewel-encrusted spike-heeled shoe on a brocaded cushion. The bride and bridegroom danced their wedding dance to Sarah Vaughan's I'm Crazy About the Boy, and later on, the Boy himself showed off some Saturday Night Fever steps for the enthusiastic crowd. As for the Boy Toy, she vetoed her own music, although one of the wedding's deejays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Madonna: This Time the Gown Was for Real | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...September 11, 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush was assembling a coalition to invade Afghanistan and crush the Taliban, who had provided sanctuary to the terrorists of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda. A key element of Australia's contribution to that coalition - a role known as Operation Slipper - was the legendary Special Air Service Regiment. Based in Perth, the regiment is the Australian Army's most highly trained and best equipped unit. It's said to cost more than $A1 million to train one of the 100 or so fighting men who make up each of its three regular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Valley of Death | 5/30/2005 | See Source »

...father, who passed away about a year ago, was a chef at the Silver Slipper in Roxbury. His mother worked as a nurse’s aide and later as a nanny at the restaurant Stephanie’s on Newbury Street...

Author: By Kristin E. Blagg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Day in the Life: 'Grill Master' Calls Mather Home | 4/26/2005 | See Source »

...that “the versions of the Grimms aren’t necessarily our versions.” People’s eyes are gouged out. Parents attempt to eat their children. Cinderella’s stepsisters cut off their toes and heels to fit into the glass slipper...

Author: By Jayme J. Herschkopf, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tatar Talks Tales | 10/15/2004 | See Source »

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