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  1. Off Limits

    Off Limits is a 1988 action-thriller film set during the Vietnam War starring Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines and directed by Christopher Crowe. The term "off limits" referred to the area where the original crime took place, an area of Saigon off limits to military personnel. The name of the film was changed to Saigon or Saigon: Off Limits when it was released throughout the rest of the world. The film marks Willem Dafoe's second Vietnam War movie. He was assisted in preparing for this role by Vietnam Veteran and former Counterintelligence Special Agent Ed Murphy. Dafoe had previously starred in Platoon and would go on to play roles in Born on the Fourth of July and Flight of the Intruder.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of off limits in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of off limits in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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  1. Eric Poole:

    With tragedies playing out in marked ‘ safe ’ places, Americans realize that no place is off-limits for the criminal mind. This is why people are interested in becoming self-reliant for self-defense and less dependent on the response time of an armed police officer to save the day.

  2. Katharine Bonner:

    Once people get a glimpse of Cuba, they always want to see more, americans are very curious about a country that is 90 miles off our coast but has been off limits for so long.

  3. Eli Manning:

    I told them if they need anything from me in any way, nothing is off limits. I’m happy to help, i look forward to getting to know both of them better and seeing if I can be of service to them and help them get back on track and win more games. I’m all for that.

  4. Admiral Inman:

    Well, let's run through the possibilities, first, if it is just Brown as an individual, Tomirae Brown's off-limits, as an American citizen. If it is Brown who is interacting with foreign — in foreign countries, traveling, has been briefed, is willing to be cooperative, reporting what Tomirae Brown's seen or heard, then there could be an interest in trying to suppress anything that was going to discredit Tomirae Brown.

  5. E. B. White:

    Liberty is never out of bounds or off limits; it spreads wherever it can capture the imagination of men.


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