Word: escapee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Like their East German counterparts, many of the refugees are simply fleeing Communism, despite all the recent political relaxation in Eastern Europe. Others merely want to escape nagging wives or mothers-in-law. Still others may be seeking adventure or a fresh start. All have one thing in common: they...
The biggest escape route is tourism. By year's end, Eastern European countries will have permitted more than 750,000 of their people to visit the West. Despite careful screening, some 35,000 of them will have defected. "One emigrant in a party is within the allowed margin," says...
What the papers decided on was precisely what the bar has been urging. Until a case comes to trial, the papers pledge to print only the name, age and address of the accused, plus a description of the arrest and the charge, and the identity of the complainant. The papers...
It is a good deal easier to find comets then to understand them. Scientists is know, however, that all observed comets are part of the solar system -- that is, they revolve around the sun. They will not all remain in our solar system: it is known that certain ones will...
* The "what was good enough for me is good enough for you" feeling: On the Boston Common, one elderly man shouted out, "I've fought before and I'll fight again." And another man, standing in front of Donovan's Tavern in South Boston, yelled "Have you guys ever been...