Word: flees
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hundreds of thousands of beaten rebels and terrified civilians commandeered Toyotas, donkey carts, bicycles and buses to flee the battle zone and the retribution of Iraqi troops. Columns of people and vehicles, sometimes 50 miles long, snaked into the hills. Families packed themselves into the scoops of bulldozers. Tractors dragged trailers overloaded with passengers. Tourist buses wheezed desperately up the mountain roads. Near the Turkish border, a tall, eagle-faced man strapped 14 members of his family -- including seven children, his wife and his grandmother -- and innumerable pots, kettles, basins and chicken coops to a huge John Deere tractor...
...secret of their desire that Saddam be overthrown by his own people. Most experts in Washington and other capitals say Saddam may be able to hang on, at least for a while, because he has so ruthlessly eliminated his internal rivals. But there was speculation that Saddam might flee. At week's end there were rumors that he might seek political asylum in Algeria, although officials there denied...
Having given up on finding a good beach, we decided to flee the tourist hordes and check out one of the smaller, more remote islands. After several days' journey on slow-moving ferries and jittery prop planes, we arrived at the tiny island of Maupiti...
...fail doctrine. Under that policy, which is intended to prevent runs on deposits at large institutions, the government makes good on the entire account -- no matter how sizable -- that a major depositor holds in a large bank. That particularly worries small-town bankers, who fear customers may flee to larger rivals...
...Mogadishu resembled a charnel house last week after victorious rebels drove President Mohammed Siad Barre into exile, ending 21 years of dictatorial rule. Dogs devoured hundreds of corpses in the streets < following a month-long campaign that killed more than 5,000 civilians and forced tens of thousands to flee. Starving survivors had only fetid river water to drink, and looters reduced shattered buildings to empty shells...