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Word: escapee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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12:48 a.m.-- A caller reported a suspicious person on a fire escape at the Holden Green Complex. The subject was gone upon the arrival of police.

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Police Log | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

Even high caliber films from Saving Private Ryan to Platoon embody an overwhelming sense of the uncanny human ability to destroy. Thus, when the gods of film restoration rediscover a masterpiece like Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion, the film's social commentary and reflections on humanity appear dated and escape...

Author: By Nikki Usher, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Allusion, Delusion in Grand Illusion | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

The biggest stretch for the postmodern viewer is Renoir's attempt to convey the necessity of escape from the prison camp. For a jaded moviegoer, life in the camps does not appear quite so horrible. The prisoners are isolated from the trenches and the continuous threat of death, are well...

Author: By Nikki Usher, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Allusion, Delusion in Grand Illusion | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

Incident: Tackled robber trying to escape with woman's wallet.

Author: By J.a. Rubin, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come For You? | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

The inside of the Science Center resembles a fun house, with its giant lenses and stretch and shrink mirrors. But for many, the outside revolving doors turn it into a House of Horror. Smudges of oil from smashed foreheads and noses cover its clear plastic sides like battle scars. Just...

Author: By N.o. Yuen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: You Want a Revolution? | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

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