Word: blew
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...briefly, the people of Salt streamed out to survey the damage and were hit by the second wave of planes that caught ambulances, taxis and a television mobile unit from Amman parked out in the open. Two dozen people sought shelter in a culvert, but an Israeli fighter pilot blew it apart with pinpoint rocket fire. Not a vehicle on the roads in the area escaped damage or direct hits. Altogether, the Jordanians claimed, 34 people died and 82 were wounded. Leaflets dropped from the planes made clear the lesson Israel intended: "Death for those who ask for death. Life...
...three separate spots on both sides of the Pacific Ocean last week, natural disasters dealt death and destruction. A long-dormant Central American volcano unexpectedly blew up, and severe earthquakes produced panic in a pair of crowded capitals...
...Costa Rica, Mount Arenal had been quiet for nearly five centuries, its graceful cone plugged solidly with ages-old magma. Without warning one afternoon, Arenal blew a huge hole in its flank. Vaporized magma shot out at 1,472° F. and incandescent gas soared thousands of feet into the sky. Red-hot volcanic ash spread for miles across rich cattle-raising land, piling three feet deep in places. At least 78 people died, and further disaster struck searchers for the 100 or more still missing when a sudden sheet of flame engulfed a carload of rescuers, incinerating...
...from which about 20 are drawn for each performance. Comedy is hard to write and harder to play--anyone who has tried either knows how often jokes end up poking too hard or at a subject too sensitive, only to sour into boredom or embarrassment. And everyone who ever blew a joke realizes the demands comedy makes for exactly the right gesture, the right voice, the right mood and the right timing. But except for a few TW3-type series of shorts aimed at tired topics like HHH as LBJ's puppet or the unappetizing selection of candidates...
Through a trust set up in 1957, he has poured millions into restoring churches, houses and landmarks. One of the oldest churches on the island has been missing its steeple since it blew away in a hurricane a hundred years ago. Beinecke has had a replica of the original steeple made in Boston, and next month will fly it over and install it by helicopter...