Word: fled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Store employees were so frightened by the incident that they waited almost 10 minutes before calling the police. By the time authorities had been notified, the suspect had fled in the direction of the Harvard Square T stop and was gone...
...shirts or athletic sweats--and according to the apartment building's security guard, "her face looked angry, thin and pale." Apart from her husband, she seemed to have only one other constant friend, a woman who may later have helped the Leesons with moving arrangements when they fled Singapore...
...currency markets as well as the Tokyo stock market, and mortally wounded Barings bank, one of Britain's most venerable financial institutions, which was unable to cover losses of more than $1 billion. As the extent of the damage became apparent, Leeson, 28, and his wife Lisa Sims, 23, fled their apartment in Singapore and spent a week on the lam. Detained last Wednesday as he arrived in Frankfurt, Germany, he said they were only trying to return home. A German magistrate is considering Singapore's extradition request. Auditors had warned Barings executives last August that Leeson was operating independently...
Daniel gave the suspect about $700 in cash. When she went to get more money, she was interrupted by another teller. The suspect then fled from the bank in an unknown direction, police said...
...previous visits, had complained in broken English about genocide and human rights violations in Poland. Petersen said he and another employee fled the office and called the Fire Department when the man set himself on fire...