Word: escapee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The fire caught hundreds of the Oriskany's 3,400-man crew below deck. Worst hit was "officers' country" in the forecastle, where many men had not yet climbed out of their bunks. As the choking fumes billowed into their compartments, they tried to escape, only to be...
Oberg managed to escape the pair by running into a nearby house. Later he receiged four stitches in treatment for a slight head injury at Stillman Infirmary.
Even Keith's good looks and aggressive manner turned against him. A Republican leader called him a "smiling Barracuda" in June and the label stuck. Keith couldn't escape the role of the brash subordinate turning against his boss.
Without history or features or known nationality, Dennis' Everyman is technically some sort of soldier, but as he explains early, "I am a victim, not a soldier." A very ignominious victim he is, unable even to get himself captured with the rest of his surrendering battalion. He was left...
But I was still skeptical. What was the escape from the rat race Krishnamurti described? A retreat from the cold outside to an equally barren monastic existence?