Word: bricked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There's the looming red brick wall that encircles the Yard, dominating Offred's surroundings...
There's the looming red brick wall that encircles the Yard, dominating Offred's surroundings...
...waiter raised his eyebrows when I ordered chicken vindaloo and insisted that we wanted it hot. He demurred a little, voicing the fear that Americans couldn't handle the spicing, but then reluctantly acquiesced. The dish came as advertised, a dark brick red from the roasted chilies and very hot. Indian hot is fascinating, not hitting the top of the palate quite as directly as, say, Mexican heat, but sneaking in somehow on the oil in the dish. You take a bite and another, and then suddenly the heat rolls in, causing a grab for the water glass. I liked...
...right, I remember he got hit in the face with a brick," Doherty adds. "The shield shattered, so they took him out and another guy took his place. We just kept moving and dividing them...
Outside the city, in villages from Glogovac to Mitrovica to Gnjilane, the scenes are even eerier. Perhaps 19 of every 20 homes along the road have been burned. The majority of the red brick houses have obviously not been hit with bombs from overhead. The exterior walls are blackened from fires that roared from within. If the Serbs torched only dwellings that sheltered K.L.A. members, it was not apparent to neighbors. Gypsies who live in Vucitrn, for example, spray-painted ROMI on their homes to identify themselves as non-Albanians; it has succeeded for at least the dozen still standing...