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Opportunity for escape came in the form of a strange, dreamlike journey in which Jade helped a wounded prison guard reach a hospital (where North Vietnamese doctors shrugged and amputated a nearly healed leg). Jade managed to slip away into the chaos of a broken society. A boyhood friend sheltered him, and they scrabbled to find money for an escape by boat to Thailand. Twice they were turned back. Before the third attempt was successful, pirates boarded their boat, stole everything and raped the women. Jade and one of his brothers found their way to a refugee camp and spent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: Shipwrecked in Vermont | 2/28/1994 | See Source »

This is the story of how Viacom won the battle and how Diller, one of the toughest and savviest Hollywood wizards, let the prize slip away. It is also the story of shattered careers, plunging stock prices and looming corporate shake-ups, all of which are part of the true cost of Viacom's $9.8 billion victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Deal That Forced Diller to Fold | 2/28/1994 | See Source »

...week, new little filly for the Cap'n! best part is, she doesn't know it yet! Cap'n XY is a free man, but he's lookin' to slip on the love shackles once again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Drunken socks | 2/24/1994 | See Source »

...magician with the puck...[with] tremendous discipline...and can slip and slide his way through traffic," Harvard coach Ronn Tomassonisaid yesterday...

Author: By Raymond W. Liu, | Title: Harvard Athletes go to Lillehammer | 2/24/1994 | See Source »

...final play, which had been diagrammed by Coach Frank Sullivan during a timeout with two-and-a-half minutes left, was foiled when the designated shooter, sophomore Mike Gilmore, could not slip his defender...

Author: By Peter K. Han, | Title: B-Ballers Almost Beat Penn | 2/22/1994 | See Source »

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