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Word: escapee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then, when the punchee must choose one among several invitations if he is an especially desirable prospect, the Club whose dinner he attends may feel reasonably sure he will accept if elected. Voting is held the following night, and those who escape the blackballs are notified of their election at...

Author: By Kenneth Auchincloss, COPYRIGHT, NOVEMBER 22, 1958, BY THE HARVARD CRIMSON | Title: The Final Clubs: Little Bastions of Society In a University World that No Longer Cares | 11/22/1958 | See Source »

Instead of returning to its former policy, the Administration should leave senior residence problems to individual Masters and senior tutors. After the Masters have discovered which seniors are migrating to Quincy, they should be allowed to let a few escape to apartments at the same time.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nuns Fret Not | 11/20/1958 | See Source »

To the Men's Room. Enraged, the Socialists started after Shiikuma, who, hiding his face in his sleeve, had been smuggled into the chamber before the session began and had been waiting, crouched between two desks, for his cue. When Shiikuma managed to escape behind a phalanx of progovernment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: The Rose & the Thorn | 11/17/1958 | See Source »

The first answer is very French but not much fun. Brigitte's uncle, a not-too-old goat of a Spanish nobleman, tries to horn in on her afternoon nap, and only the fortunate interruption of a passing prelate rescues the heroine (and the audience) from a fade worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Nov. 17, 1958 | 11/17/1958 | See Source »

Since the whole thing is a farce, the actors are at their funniest when they parody their own box-office personalities. Bogart attempts a dashing and impossible escape from the Arabs, and his nonsense bravado is great. Lorre, playing a dubious character named Julius O'Hara, intrigues around wonderfully. Lollobrigida...

Author: By David M. Farquhar, | Title: Beat the Devil | 11/17/1958 | See Source »

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