Word: burned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...enough big nigger preachers here, doing nothing but taking our money and talking for the white man," said a Watts housewife. "I figure I'm my own best leader," said another, "except for the President, and he better be white and black or he can burn...
That was a letdown, but Massamba-Debat had other cheery news for his armed fanatics. Eighteen commandos had been taken prisoner, he announced, and their fate would be placed in the hands of the people. "If the people say we should burn them alive, then we shall burn them alive. If the people say they should be buried alive, then we will bury them alive. And if the people say hang them, then we will hang them...
...what a sprint! Racing against the clock for points, the autos roll up one by one to the starting gate, pause until a red light flashes green, then bolt off, engines screaming and rear ends smoking as the tires burn under the tremendous torque. The course, usually four to 14 miles long, runs up steep country roads, contains no fewer than 15 curves, and its straightaways are no longer than 200 yds. Yet the cars average 69 m.p.h., occasionally even top 125 m.p.h. Most drivers try to "straighten the curves" by skidding around the corner in a controlled four-wheel...
...drought parched their lawns, the water department limited the hours when they could water them, whereupon the Cliffe blithely ignored the water department, causing the neighbors to go into a slow burn...
...last cornice Dante walks through a wall of fire ("When I was in it, into molten glass/ I would have thrown myself to be refreshed") to burn away his lust, and then passes into the terrestrial paradise, the garden of Eden, where he sees again his beloved Beatrice...