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Word: escapee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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My alleged addiction to what you so euphemistically call the bottle is a classic in hyperbole. It is true, however, that I have incessantly forayed into the realm of escape. There are times when I awake and discover it is still I -which is as horrible and macabre a reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 26, 1958 | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

I did drink, but I discovered alcohol is the dullest form of escape I've ever experienced in my rigid adventures. During this otiose period I was continually accompanied by a large bottle of Scotch for which I had (and have) the utmost contempt. So with great character I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 26, 1958 | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

The trouble started early on May 1, when local police paid a visit to rooms in Borough Hall. One of the dancers in the room leaped from the window in an effort to escape, but landed instead in Princeton Hospital with a head wound.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stripper Affair Expels Tigers | 5/15/1958 | See Source »

Another girl, known only as "Bubbles," managed to escape in the confusion. She has not been seen since.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stripper Affair Expels Tigers | 5/15/1958 | See Source »

In a Pigsty. The quality of the peasants' mercy is severely war-strained. When the slatternly mistress of the first refuge proposes to barter away Rosetta's virginity with the local Fascist bullyboys in exchange for her deserter sons' safety, Cesira and daughter take to the mountain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Italian with Tears | 5/12/1958 | See Source »

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