Word: machina
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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British Captain Clinton, an army officer among the camp's airmen, had been a university student before the war. The scrap of paper blown to freedom by the wind made him think of the deus ex machina that so often solved Greek tragedies. His thoughts turned to the fall of Troy. Suddenly he "found himself running ... an idea racing through his mind . . . Peter-he must find Peter...