Word: burnings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Saud's letter included an indictment of Joshua as a war criminal. His version of what happened at the siege of Jericho differed from standard Biblical texts. Ibn Saud had Joshua commanding: "Burn ye all that is in the city and slay with the edge of the sword both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep, and burn the city with fire and all that is therein...
...Slow Burn. In Detroit, Mrs. Allister Archibald sued for divorce, complained that her husband had not only kept his bag packed for six years but had finally up and left...
...next night, backed by soldiers, the hoodlums in white attacked the newspaper Critica and tried to burn its building. Critica telephoned for police, but none came. So the newspaper sounded the siren on its roof. The victory crowd rushed up, drove out the Government forces at the cost of two dead, many wounded...
There was no such letup at Okinawa, dearly bought eyrie of the Far East Air Forces. General George C. Kenney sent B-24s to burn Kurume, on Kyushu Island; later waves turned aside to secondary targets near...
...Some telltale sores: the violin player's on the left side of the jaw; the optical glass molder's burn sores and scars on knuckles and arms ; milkers' nodules which farmers sometimes get on their hands...