HOURS we had spent, the two of us, scrambling for survival on an infested space station. How many corridors had we pushed through? How many enemies had we slain, this hero and I?

Lawyers in a high-profile gender bias lawsuit against a giant Silicon Valley firm argued the woman behind the case was either an accomplished junior partner who was passed over for a promotion because of discrimination or a failure who sued to get a big payout as she was being shown the door.

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A revered former general in the Royal Army of Laos who led thousands of Hmong guerrillas in a CIA-backed secret army during the Vietnam War has died.