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Word: escapees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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In his novel Bend Sister, Vladimir Nabokov has his hero, the philosopher Adam Krug, attempt to escape with his little son from a communo-fascist state in Eastern Europe to America. Krug imagines David growing into a teenager, playing the strange game of baseball. He imagines him as a man...

Author: By James R. Russell, | Title: No Resurrection This Time | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

Thus the upcoming vote has divided the gay community, which has been forced into a wrenching choice--not so much over whether to vote no but over what to tell family and friends about the vote, about themselves, about their lovers. Local gays sometimes resent white transplants who are so...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Better Or Worse | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

O'Brian is also a shameless wag, who early in the series has the hulking Aubrey escape overland from the French disguised as a dancing bear, led by Maturin as bear trainer, and who is not above calling a ferocious Spanish xebec-frigate defeated by Aubrey the Cacafuego, which means...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Square-Rigged Saga | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

Walsh says her favorite question was, "If youwere an ice cream flavor, what would you be andhow would you lick me?" Walsh points out that thequestion's wording was unusual at best, which didnot escape her date, Checchi.

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Make Love Connections | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

Harvard had to fight hard to escape the first round. It was matched against Brown, a team it had seen at the Brown Invitational the previous weekend. It split the six singles matches: sophomore Sanaz Ghazal, freshman Andrea Magyera and junior Aparna Ravi won their matches, while junior Vedica Jain...

Author: By Nicholas D. Zeitlin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Falters at ECACs | 10/20/1998 | See Source »

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