After Hilton Head's fall to Union troops in 1861, the island's slaves were joined by hundreds more from surrounding areas who escaped, often at great risk, in search of freedom.

BBC: Mitchelville: The hidden town at dawn of freedom

But Japan is no paradise for men in search of trichological freedom.

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Why are we, who are uniquely privileged to have inherited the legacy of individual freedom, so eager to trade it away in search of the illusion of security?

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The past year and a half has been a period of big changes for the Engadget Show, eschewing our longstanding studio format for a new kind of program that's given us the freedom to travel the world, in search of bigger, deeper stories.

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The constabulary, in responding to a BBC News Freedom of Information request, said it did not know how much in total the search for the "lion" had cost.

BBC: Image of 'lion' in St Osyth

It was a well-chronicled effort that helped Bronfman win a U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in August--and a host of critics who think the search for money has demeaned the impact of the Holocaust.

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