Word: blasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eruptions continued to blast new craters in the earth throughout the week, prospects that the islanders could return any time soon looked dim. Geologists said that there was a possibility that the island - which is only 2½ miles wide by 4½ miles long-could explode and disappear entirely. Another possibility is that it may be covered by poisonous ash, which on some streets has already reached the tops of telephone poles...
...heights twice that of the Empire State Building. The night turned from black to red, and the air smelled like sulfuric fumes from 100 billion burned-out kitchen matches. It was as if the twin-engine Piper aircraft were a mere gnat hovering at the open door of a blast furnace...
...more fairly and evenly divided, why do the networks not add to their long lists of liberals and hire conservative news-writers, newscasters and news analysts? In that way the liberal documentaries can "blast Nixon," as you put it, and the conservatives can pick up the pieces...
...besieging army of 200 uniformed policemen, detectives, sharpshooters and volunteers soon surrounded the motel. As the cordon tightened, the assailants found refuge behind the concrete walls of the rooftop's boiler room and stairwell casements. An armor-plated Marine helicopter made repeated passes as the cops tried to blast through the walls, but the sniper shots kept coming. Finally, eleven hours after the violence had begun, one lone sniper darted under the glare of a helicopter spotlight, ran about 30 ft. in a zigzag pattern across the rooftop, and fell dead in a hail of police tracer bullets...
...kill one another like this! Human beings whose parents brought them into the world and carefully raised them with overflowing love despite so many difficulties, these human beings would die from a single blast as explosions burst, lying still without moving again at all. And who then thinks of the blood, flesh, sweat, and strength of their parents and who will have pity for them? And then what about the splitting up of families to different parts of the country which was caused by the war? Who will pity them? In reality, whatever happens, it is only the innocent...