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He pulled himself to his feet, got one ratline without thinking.

The mere mechanics went okay, just demanded care that his foot was firmly on the ratline before he hoisted himself for the next step.

The ratline was possible in the context of the enormity of this task and the resulting general confusion.

His apartment was agreeably close to their own, and the ratline was well established, beginning with a piece of paper tape on a lamppost.

The operation of the Draganović ratline was an open secret among the intelligence and diplomatic communities in Rome.

Lower courses in a ratline are often made of slats of wood for support where the distance between shrouds is greatest.

Jerking toward the mooring of a nearby ratline, she snatched up one of the belaying-pins.

The process, called the "ratline" at V.M.I., is designed to build character and bond each freshman class together.

According to historian Michael Phayer, "this was the innocent origin of what would become the Vatican ratline".

The existence of Draganović's ratline has been confirmed by a Vatican historian, Fr.

If at first US intelligence officers had been mere observers of the Draganović ratline, this changed in the summer of 1947.

Hudal is mentioned throughout the book, and especially in chapter 8, "Bishop Hudal's Ratline", pp.

Such a system could be broken, but only through painstaking and lengthy police work, which was easily foiled if only one man removed himself from the ratline.

A second "ratline" runs from the Syrian border through Tal Afar to Mosul.

VMI considers non-graduates who completed the Ratline as alumni:

This monastery became the centre of operations for the Croat ratline, as documented by CIA surveillance files.

Best Use of Music - Ratline (Eric Stanze)

Gil picked a spot at the portside rail and waited, one hand on a ratline, and the other still tensing, loosening on his sword.

That much less chance of a green top-man stepping on a ratline that would prove to be a shadow and hurtling two hundred feet to the deck.

Best Crime Film - Ratline (Eric Stanze)

As a Rat, they will be part of a tradition and encounter the challenge that VMI cadets who came before experienced - the Ratline.

CIC, therefore, arranged for Barbie to reach South America through a "ratline" in Italy.

A ratline operated by die Spinne in Spain is the subject of the 1966 Nick Carter novel Web of Spies.

The purpose of the Ratline is to teach self-control, self-discipline, time-management, and followership as prerequisites for becoming a VMI cadet.

According to Phayer, Leiber "sparked new life into Hudal's plan" to set up a "ratline"-an escape route from Europe for fascists.