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Word: escapee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Among the numerous proposals before the legislature this year are suggestions for the extension of the rapid transit system serving the Boston metropolitan area. There can be little doubt today that some new facilities are needed if the city is to escape an asphalt death.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Onward and Downward | 3/11/1959 | See Source »

Since his brilliant, luminous canvases were even then bringing up to $10,000 each, an estate of several million dollars was involved. Bonnard's friends were gloomy; in their opinion there was no escape from the basic French law of "community of goods," and in time of war, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Pierre & Marthe | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

In an introduction to the catalogue, Historian Charles Coleman Sellers notes that Peale's paintings "are of our own time more truly than of his. They have a peculiarly modern appeal in their very personal motivation and in their use of realism as an escape from reality. That other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Wizard Lush | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

With the expiration of a 30-day trial period yesterday, the station, after more than a year's effort, gained final FCC approval to switch its channel. Assigned to channel 296 since it began FM broadcasting in 1957, the station has been seeking to escape from interference caused by WBZ...

Author: By Michael Churchill, | Title: WHRB Will Boost Power, Move on FM Dial to 95.3 | 3/6/1959 | See Source »

In the 137-lb. match, John Watkins pinned Art Landy of Amherst, using a body press with a reverse half-nelson, at 5:18. Watkins had to escape a dangerous situation before winning, as Landy almost pinned him with a leg and chancery hold. Crimson heavyweight Bob Wynne scored the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Win, 28-5, Over Amherst Team | 2/26/1959 | See Source »

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