Word: burnes
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...force, Islam, like Christianity and Judaism, offers moral rules for the conduct of combat. Early Muslim authorities vigorously opposed the mistreatment of children, women, diplomats and hostages and inveighed against poisoned weapons or abuse of natural resources (in enemy territory "do not hew down a date palm nor burn it . . ."). On those matters, and many others, Saddam Hussein is not much of a Muslim, whatever his claims...
...soldiers have planted around most of Kuwait's 700 oil wells and 21 processing plants. If those devices are set off, the subsequent conflagration could create "a nuclear-winter-like situation," asserts Paul Crutzen, director of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. Jordanian experts say the wells could burn 10 million bbl. of oil a day, releasing a vast cloud of black smoke into the stratosphere. Such a cloud has the potential to screen sunlight, reduce temperatures and damage crops throughout the northern hemisphere. Not all experts agree with the grim forecasts, contending that Kuwaiti oil fields...
...child prodigy at 14, a full professional by his early 20s and dead at 42, Van Dyck had one of those careers that is conventionally dubbed meteoric -- except that it did not burn out. His name has lasted three centuries. Which is not to say that he has altogether received his due. In a curious way, Van Dyck remains a somewhat underrated artist, as anyone might if he had to be constantly compared with Rubens, his master, and Titian, his even greater model. Especially, he is not well known to the American public, though some of his finest paintings...
...feel that Iraq's concerted effort to develop further biological, chemical and nuclear weapons is a tremendous threat to international security and the stability of the region. We emphasize that, prior to the invasion of Kuwait, Saddam Hussein's Iraq had started a war with Iran, threatened to "burn half of Israel," executed a British journalist and massacred thousands upon thousands of its Kurdish citizens...
...Ershad is gone, Ershad is gone! Burn his throne!" screamed a flag-waving crowd in Dhaka as firecrackers exploded across the capital. "Catch the thief! Don't let him go!" chanted other marchers. But Ershad wasn't going anywhere. He even personally swore in his successor: Shahabuddin Ahmed, chief justice of the Supreme Court, whom opposition leaders had nominated as caretaker President. Said Ershad: "I want peace to return to society...