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Word: flees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ominous darkness comes on; darkness bred of the mob's hatred, misunderstanding, greed, vanity, fear and jealousy as much as of the gathering clouds, ill winds and troubled water. The earth shakes and with it murders' philosophies. Soldiers flee! Women scream, Crucifixion's cry is soon silenced and only one voice is heard; "Forgive them for they know not what they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 12/20/1935 | See Source »

Stella Parrish is the story of a great actress forced to flee into seclusion by the threat of blackmail. Her past is discovered and spread before the world by an inquisitive but charming news-bound. After enduring untold suffering, and sinking so low as burlesque in her frantic attempt to make money, she is finally called back to her rightful place on the stage, and all is bright in the warm rays of the adulation of her adoring public...

Author: By B. S. W., | Title: The Moviegoer | 12/7/1935 | See Source »

Friends warned him to flee Germany the day Hitler became Chancellor. He refused and on the night of the Reichstag Fire he was swept up into prison by Nazi secret police without a second thought. Of all this the Nobel Peace Prize Committee was reminded this year by such people as Thomas Mann, Lion Feuchtwanger, Romain Rolland, John Dewey, Albert Einstein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Way of the World | 12/2/1935 | See Source »

Experts on infant psychology refused to comment officially on the startling revelations, but one leading authority anonymously states, "It is indeed a sad commentary on the youth of this great institution, that they needs must flee to the vulgar and profane amusements of the mob for relaxation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Four Out of Five Freshmen Read Comic Strips "Popeye" Scores As Overwhelming Favorite | 11/29/1935 | See Source »

...State Road, flee from this new opponent...

Author: By H. L., | Title: THE PEARLY GATES | 11/21/1935 | See Source »

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