But the rich soon deserted to Murray Hill and beyond, with predictable results.
Frans ended up drafted into the German Army and then deserted to help Resistance fighters.
By now the very conservative wing has almost completely deserted to the Republican Party.
Al Groh deserted to the University of Virginia despite a 9-7 season.
And this week he publicly fired 70 officers who had deserted to join the rebels.
And none, of course, since the Giants deserted to California with the Brooklyn Dodgers after the 1957 season.
French general who won signal victories for the French Revolution in 1792 93 and then traitorously deserted to the Austrians.
On the eve of the Battle of Waterloo (June 1815), however, he deserted to the Prussians, rejoining the royalist cause.
Chrysler ran short of minivans, posted a huge quarterly loss and watched as many loyal customers deserted to rival brands.
Thousands of voters deserted to a minor rightwing party, Democratie Liberale, which took the seat from the Communist Party.
One of his coalition partners deserted to vote with the opposition and dismiss the board of RAI, the state broadcaster, prompting speculation about early elections.
