Word: fled
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...barbed wire encircle the refugees. Dozens of military policemen monitor their every move, and land mines surround the base. But on average of twice a week, someone wakes up feeling skittish and bolts. According to military officials, 357 refugees, tired of languishing in the dusty, insect-ridden camp, have fled back home. Most of those who attempt to escape have already made official arrangements to be repatriated. The Cuban government has been accepting only 25 people a week...
...before Price could be brought to the Cambridge police department for holding, he fled from police...
...decades since the end of World War II. The Germans won. After the failure of the Normandy invasion, a humiliated General Dwight D. Eisenhower retreated into retirement, Winston Churchill fled to exile in Canada, and virtually all Europe came under the domination of the Nazis. An Albert Speer-designed monument to the "thousand-year Reich" now dominates Berlin, the SS has become a peacetime police force, and nobody has heard of the Holocaust. But years of cold war with the U.S. -- and a stubborn guerrilla war with the Soviets in the East -- have begun to drain the German economy. Hitler...
Nearly 1,000 passengers and crew members fled in lifeboats and at least one passenger died as the infamous passenger ship Achille Lauro's tragic story closed today. The ship drew world attention in 1985 when it was captured by Palestinian hijackers who ultimately killed a wheelchair-bound New York man by throwing him overboard. The 23,478 ton ship -- owned by a Genoa-based Starlauro -- burned and seemed likely to sink 130 miles south of the Horn of Africa as passengers and crew boarded merchant ships on the scene for the rescue.Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...
Daniel G. Appel '98 raised the guard's suspicion as he left the Coop bookstore annex because he wasn't carrying his purchase in a bag. The guard asked for his receipt, but Appel said he didn't understand him, and fled the scene. The guard, whose name was not released, tackled Appel and handcuffed...