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Sunday, August 26, 2012

254. Abscond


Excerpt from, "Venus and Serena Against the World," by John Jeremy Sullivan, The New York Times, 8/23/12:

 And from her father. In the latter case, at least, she had been successful. His energy was nowhere in that apartment. This was what I was seeing, I realized, in meeting both Venus and Serena. They have quietly absconded from his shadow.

Abscond:  flee; escape
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