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Escape , 227. Escape
Abiathar only son of Ahimelech to avoid Saul’s slaughter. [O.T.: I Samuel 22:20]
Ariadne Minos’s daughter; gave Theseus thread by which t… Escape Velocity , escape velocity The velocity required for atoms or molecules at high altitude to escape from a planet's gravitational field. For example:
Planet
Esca… fire escape , fire es·cape • n. a staircase or other apparatus used for escaping from a building on fire. effusion , effusion •abrasion, Australasian, equation, Eurasian, evasion, invasion, occasion, persuasion, pervasion, suasion, Vespasian •adhesion, cohesion, Fri… Harry Houdini , Houdini, Harry (1874-1926)
Before there was a Doug Henning, a David Copperfield, or a Siegfried and Roy, Harry Houdini was the celebrity magician wit… John VI , John VI (1767–1826) King of Portugal (1816–26). Owing to the insanity of his mother, Queen Maria, he was effectively sovereign from 1792 and official…
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