Word: fled
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When the Olympic torch was lit earlier this month, Hollywood watched its box office go up in flames. Moviegoing dropped more than 20% as four new films--Disney's Kazaam, MGM's Fled, Universal's The Frighteners and Columbia's Multiplicity--withered in a dreadful midsummer conflagration...
...essential concept, an atmosphere of work and play that is unique to that workplace and occupation. Often, when turned down for a job, the company noted that I was not a perfect match to their Culture. So when I didn't get a single job offer and instead fled to Washington to be an intern for the summer, I assumed I would be thankfully free from the elusive pursuit of Culture. I was wrong...
...over the Catholics. "The Catholics were furious," Gibson says. "There were violent confrontations between demonstrators trying to block the routes and police, who lashed out on all sides with batons." Within an hour, she reports, rioters in the town of Portadown torched dozens of cars and many Catholic residents fled the area. The violence, reminiscent of Ireland's "troubles" in 1969, is not likely to end Thursday. "July 12 is the equivalent of July 4 in the U.S.," says Gibson. "Protestants start the eve of the celebration with huge bonfires, and this year Loyalists have been in an ugly mood...
BELFAST, Northern Ireland: Protestant marches through Northern Ireland, part of an annual celebration of 300-year-old victories over Catholics, have taken on an ugly cast in the last two days, leading to more than 100 car burnings and widespread streetfighting. Some Catholic residents have fled their homes to avoid harm. While last year's marching season brought some violence as well, the IRA's shattering of a 17-month cease-fire last February has created an exceptionally stressful atmosphere, reports TIME's Barry Hillenbrand. Police have tried to keep the marchers in hand by blocking access to Catholic neighborhoods...
...year-old Gloria Maria Fajardo and her family left Cuba for America, Cuba never really left them. Gloria's father, Jose Manuel, had been a motorcycle escort for the wife of Cuban ruler Fulgencio Batista, so when the President was overthrown by Fidel Castro in 1958, the Fajardo family fled Havana on a $21 round-trip flight. But once in the U.S., Jose Manuel became restless, itinerant, dreaming of Cuba. He participated in the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 and was thrown into a Cuban prison. Released after two years, he later went to Vietnam with...