At the start of the war, the stud moved east toward Russia to escape the advancing Germans, all the horses trotting under cover of night to escape the strafing aircraft.

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Aparna Dash managed to escape her 26th floor room and take cover in a parking lot.

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Aparna Dash managed to escape her 26th-floor room and take cover in a parking lot, her husband said.

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And with that cover, three wounded Americans made their escape -- including a grievously injured Stephan Mace.

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The truth - which Argo artfully obscures - is that the cover story was never tested and in some ways proved irrelevant to the escape.

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