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  • Priests hid wanted men in monasteries, drove them to safe-houses, gave them food and money, helped them across borders, and finally took them aboard the passenger liners that would deliver them to a new life in South America.

    Telling Stories We Need to Hear Philip Kerr 2011

  • Thus, naturally, Batman paints one of his safe-houses yellow; inside and out.

    All-star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder 09 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • Gadhafi has been seriously considering abandoning Tripoli for several months and has established several safe-houses outside of the capital where he could hide in the event Tripoli was overrun by the rebels.

    U.S., Allies Join Manhunt for Gadhafi Adam Entous 2011

  •   Yes, it is an outrageous intention, but we are at it, in big ways and small: subsidizing safe-houses, staffing them, lobbying for political and legal action, developing non-governmental organizations to end the human slave trade, teaching and preaching about trafficking, and praying.

    St. Patrick, One of Christianity's Earliest Liberation Theologians Kathleen Deignan 2010

  • In all the towns and villages throughout this area was a network of safe-houses, where Loyalists and British Soldiers on the run could find safety and a hot meal, while they made their way from Rebel prisons in the hopes of reaching New York safely.

    History of American Women Maggiemac 2009

  • Along with the standard thimble, car, and Scotty dog, the POW version included additional "playing" pieces, such as a metal file, a magnetic compass, and of course, a regional silk escape map, complete with marked safe-houses along the way — all neatly concealed in the game's box.

    War-opoly: How History's Most Popular Board Game Helped Defend The Free World 2009

  • However, bombing runs against alleged insurgent safe-houses and meeting places, such as restaurants, were now occurring daily, coupled with ongoing reports of related civilian casualties.

    Fallujah, the Guernica of Our Times, Part 6 2006

  • If he does actually operate in Iraq, he needs logistical supporting all his movements; including help with safe-houses, assistants, and the assurance of invisibility in the community.

    Who's Blowing up Iraq? 2005

  • He was eighty miles from his safe-houses in Manhattan, his assistant was missing and probably dead, he had no money and no cell phone.

    The Stone Monkey Deaver, Jeffery 2002

  • Many are sheltering in safe-houses in cities and towns, or have moved in with friends and relatives away from their rural homes after being beaten up, raped, receiving death threats, or seeing their houses and property burned because they supported opposition candidates for parliamentary elections this weekend.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

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