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  • Reynolds was being held in Sampan Loeu Hamlet, about 40 kilometers southeast of Phnom Penh in June 1972.

    Hirons, Alan 1991

  • Another report said they were being held in Sampan Loeu hamlet, about 40 kilometres south-east of Phnom Penh in 1972.

    Reynolds, Terry L. 1991

  • Reynolds was being held in Sampan Loeu Hamlet, about 40 kilometers southeast of Phnom Penh in June 1972.

    Reynolds, Terry L. 1991

  • ( 'Sampan', literally translated to 'three planks' in Cantonese, refers to the boats used by the rural folk in Malaysia, Bangladesh, Vietnam and other South East Asian nations for fishing and transportation.) "I am half-Chinese and I grew up in Singapore before coming to India.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

  • Fish: would you like to abolish the Jewish Advocate and El Planeta and Sampan and the Boston Irish Reporter while you're at it?

    Bay State Banner in limbo 2009

  • West also humanized the Chinese in such paintings as Sampan Woman and Boat (fig. 7.9).

    The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005

  • Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others (See Sampan incident.) 8.

    Medpundit 2004

  • Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others (See Sampan incident.) 8.

    Archive 2004-09-01 2004

  • "Sampan number one! goddam!" he said; and, holding up two hands, he turned down seven fingers to show that we had come in seven days.

    AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895

  • We went ashore in a Sampan, an oddly shaped flat boat with the oars, or rather paddles, fastened near the stern.

    Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days 1890

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