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...fierce headwind sent chop and waves over the riggers of the shells as the race began. Winthrop made a fast get-away, only to be overtaken by Kirkland, which clearly dominated the race thereafter...

Author: By Thomas B. Reston, | Title: Eliot Era Ends; Kirkland Rowers Win House Race | 5/17/1967 | See Source »

...loyal piano player and a patriotic, emotional bartender. Both films include a hated Nazi (or Vichy) officer, an admired underground leader and his beautiful wife who need Bogart's help, a vicious cat-and-mouse police interrogation scene, and a phone call at gunpoint to assure a safe get-away for the anti-Nazi forces...

Author: By John Manners, | Title: A Viewer's Guide to Bogart: Four Classics, Huston's Joke | 1/21/1965 | See Source »

Taking a grand total of $6 from the house, the bandit made his get-away in Mrs. Wells' ranchwagon, which was later found abandoned in Norumbega Park, Auburndale. The burglar apparently left no traces...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unidentified Burglar Enters Dr. Wells' Home, Takes $6 | 11/7/1958 | See Source »

...White Sheik to whom she has already written under the name of "Bamba Appassionata" (Passionate Doll). Somehow Wanda gets thrown into proximity with a secretary who advises her that "To dream is to live!", and then a moving van, and then many pseudo-Arabs and neo-Moorish hordes, and, finally, the White Sheik's own secluded sail boat. In her semi-conscious wake her distressed husband similarly encounters many adventures including the shower she had left running in making her get-away, an irate concierage, imperturbable relatives, and an Italian galloping trombone band. In an air of intensified pseudo-coherence...

Author: By Jonathan Beecher, | Title: The White Sheik | 5/28/1956 | See Source »

Attacked by thugs early yesterday morning on Cambridge Common, Francis P. Magoun '16, Professor of Comparative Literature, managed to make a get-away and suffered only minor injuries from the engagement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Magoun Escapes Allack by Gang in Common | 7/26/1946 | See Source »

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