Word: fled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths...
...captured a Jehol city, another Japanese brigade, fresh and boiling with zeal, pressed on with the offensive, thus keeping the Chinese in ceaseless headlong flight. Even the Japanese General Staff was amazed by the utter crumpling of Jehol's defense as Chinese "generals" either deserted their troops and fled or broke out Manchukuo flags to welcome the invaders...
...Woodin's father had a foundry at Berwick, Pa. where he was born. As a college graduate the son was put into this shop, cleaning castings at 90? per day. It was hateful work for an esthete like young Will Woodin. Once he became an expert foundryman, he fled to Europe to study music. Recalled by his father, he entered...
...supposed to have been injured. Brazil, the big neutral adjacent to Leticia, sent a commission to investigate the only victory that seemed authentic: Colombia's capture from Peru of the town of Tarapaca, 100 mi. north of Leticia. Boasting of this victory, Colombians claimed that "80 Peruvian soldiers fled from Tarapaca into the jungle where they are starving. Every few days a famished Peruvian comes out of the jungle and begs permission to surrender...
...moneychangers have fled from the temples, leaving official notices plastered to the front gates. Mounting uneasiness among individual and corporate depositors led to runs upon and closures of middlewestern banks, and to such a strain upon other parts of the banking system, especially in the-East, that similar protective measures became universally necessary. The superficiality of this explanation makes it peculiarly suitable for promulgation by bankers and a subsidized press. But to go just one step beyond this "lack of confidence" is to discover the utter incompetence and frequent dishonesty which have graced the laissez-faire operation of the American...