Word: asylums
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...named Africa Peral Redondo, who was only 28 to his 40. Out went the alarm for the arrest of both of them. But this was nothing to the alarm that broke out when it was learned that Rodriguez and Africa had escaped to Paris, where Rodriguez was claiming political asylum as an anti-Franco refugee. He was merrily giving sensational interviews to anti-Franco newspapers and making anti-Franco broadcasts. In the Ministry of War, General Agustin Muiioz Grande gave his orders: "I don't care how, but this man must be brought back...
...They kept me as a souvenir," explains Doc. Retired from the Navy since 1939, and from the asylum since 1941, Doc has kept getting closer & closer to Haiti every day. His wife and children-a grown-up son & daughter-have long since moved back...
...when he was sent to Pont Beudet to take charge of an insane asylum, he was already deep in voodoo lore...
...seized hold of the iron bedstead and clung for dear life. He was dragged forth, wearing only his pyjamas . . . His clothing was thrown after him." A Point for Jesuits. After this disaster, Rolfe tried to have himself committed to an insane asylum, then fled to London and buried himself in surly isolation, getting queerer by the minute. He always contended that he could speak cat lan guage, and he proved it by jabbering in the moonlight in such a way that the local tabbies came by dozens and prowled between his legs. He wore a ring with a sharp spur...
...shaky step ahead of the D.T.s, Sommer leaves home in search of lifelong bliss with his queen. But his money is soon stolen and he gets into deep trouble. Hauled up on a charge of attempted murder, he is examined and ordered to a lunatic asylum. Author Fallada spells out Sommer's life there in such emetic detail that it makes The Snake Pit sound like a country club...