Word: escapees
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(Although Maccoby stands by his story, some accounts of his kidnapping and subsequent escape are inconsistent. “Michael has always claimed he was kidnapped,” said Abrams. “Some of us were uncertain about that, but we’ll give him the benefit...
Li's luck allowed him to escape starvation, but ballet school during the Cultural Revolution was not all tutus and toe shoes. Beloved teachers cleaned toilets; students spent their summers toiling alongside farmers or factory workers; and more class time was devoted to the study of political movements than to...
De Lempicka and her husband fled to Paris to escape the Russian Revolution of 1917. She studied painting under the Cubist Andr? Lhote and hoped to earn a living from her work, but she did more than merely get by. Her career took off as she managed to secure celeb...
But the unconventional idea carries risks. For a candidate who is working to escape an image of waffling and splitting hairs, it could be dicey to deprive his party's convention of the only real thing it does: confer the nomination. Though the conventions lost their last shred of suspense...
Holter tosses me the keys, and we cruise Los Angeles' west side. Hmm. Nice pickup. Lots of room. A smooth ride--no wimpy golf-cart feel as in some smaller hybrids. At slow speeds, the quiet gas engine disengages and a virtually silent electric motor takes over. Unless I were...