Word: fled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Aristotle, the veteran clown-philosopher of Papa Jonas' puppet troupe. Alas, the marriage turned out unsuccessfully! Poor Mr. Aristotle, forlorn boaster that he was, discovered how much more difficult it is actually to kiss in secret than to tell about a thousand imaginary kisses in public. He fled back to his puppet companions for comfort and found none. In his absence even his poor reputation for rowdiness had faded. He returned to his wife for consolation only to discover her hankering for a husband of greater elegance and ardor. Spring came-the queer intoxication of love stirred universally...
Marshal Tsao-Kun, Chihli Tuchun (War Lord), was elected President of China in succession to Li Yuan-Hung, who fled to Tientsin three months ago (TIME, June 25). He received 50 votes more than the statutory minimum required. It was reported that he won the election by bribing Members to the extent of " 5,000 pieces of silver " each...
...President Li Yuan-Hung fled from Tientsin and arrived at Shanghai in Southern China. A new plot to reinstate him was reported. There are some 300 Parliamentarians in Shanghai, and it is hoped that witb their support, together with aid from Dr. Sun Yat Sen, General Li Ynan-Hung will find himself back in the Presidential palace in Peking...
...forgot all about his interest in little Celinda, the flower of the Rio Negro, who used to lasso him jokingly in the most affectionate manner. But things went too far when Pirovani and Canterac staged a fistfight and then a pistol-duel about her. Pirovani was killed, Canterac fled from justice, the Marquis began to feel that there was something a little excessive about Elena's charm, so he went and committed suicide?and Watson was quite disillusioned when he discovered that Elena had put Manos Duras, the bandit, up to kidnapping little Celinda. So, with even her own servants...
Dropped into Paul Moody's circle of super-sophisticates, Harold found himself as bewildered and shocked as an innocent goldfish in a bowl of curacoa. He failed to enjoy the delicate odors of their elegant decadence, and fled into marriage with Alice Blake, whose idea of Heaven was a brand-new Park Avenue apartment. But on his honeymoon he discovered the horrible truth. Father hadn't really wanted him to be charmingly wicked but to disgust him with the pleasant sins of life by throwing them at his head?a plot of which Alice had been cognizant from the first...