Word: fled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have been driving around in my car." Under questioning, Ray could not provide the name of the station where he said he had tried to get a leaky tire repaired, and he was unsure of its location. Although claiming to be innocent of the murder, he said he fled Memphis in his white Mustang when he saw unusual police activity near the rooming house shortly after the shooting. "As a fugitive, I tried to stay away from police," he explained with a wry smile...
Some 150,000 Czechs, including Film Directors Miloš Forman, Ivan Passer and Ján Kádár, have fled to the West. In reprisal for supporting the attempted Dubček liberalization, thousands of professionals and technicians who stayed behind were forced into menial jobs. What remains of the once flourishing Czechoslovak culture is a wasteland of agitprop that French Poet Louis Aragon has called a "Biafra of the spirit...
...happened, he would have been better off at home. Toward midnight, as the party drew to a close, a still unidentified guest picked up a bowl of chocolate mousse and flung it at Jordan-all over his blue suit, all over his shirt and tie-then fled out the door...
Most of the refugees have requested political asylum, which the U.S. usually grants speedily to those who have actually fled political persecution. But immigration officials believe that the majority of the Haitians have come in search of jobs and should thus be deported. Agrees Haitian Ambassador Georges Salomon: "Only jobs will keep them at home. We are pressing the United States Government to help us create more jobs in Haiti...
Soviet ships that have not brazened their way into port have usually fled at the appearance of Norwegian vessels, sometimes taking advantage of the thick fogs along the Arctic coast. Two weeks ago, however, the freighter Irtishles was apprehended near Vardo, and ordered into port. The ship's captain claimed engine failure and said that prevailing currents and winds had forced him into Norwegian waters. Unfortunately for the captain, both current and wind were going the other way. The Norwegians fined...