Word: bursted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...they would have. The Chilean aviators did not actually sink anything but they had an unanswerable alibi: It was their duty not to damage valuable government property more than was absolutely necessary. In the line of duty they hit the General O'Higgins right on the nose. Her prow burst into flames which were quickly put out. There was no score on the Almirante Latorre but her two blazing anti-aircraft guns perforated one of the planes' wings. One bomb landed full on a ship's launch, killed eight...
...Germany for six months but stipulated that Germany must release immediately 25% of the foreign cash balances in Reichsmarks held by government order in German banks, must release an additional 15% monthly. Then, just as the sober gentlemen were all packing up to go home, the full report burst on the world. Concluded the Wiggin Committee...
They were well drilled. One party set up the guns, another rushed to the out skirts of the town and cut telephone and telegraph wires. There was no one to oppose them but a few Rural Guards. A burst of machine gun fire sent these scampering. The rest of the men worked feverishly unloading crate after crate of rifles, machine guns, ammunition. Another party of rebels was waiting in Gibara with an ancient wood-burning locomotive and three creaking freight cars. These were run down to a siding and loaded. It was a filibuster to warm the heart...
...most serious street fighting broke out that Germany has seen since the Bloody May Day of 1929 (TIME, May 13, 1929) In Bulow Square police with rifles in their hands patrolled the streets near the Communist headquarters, Liebknecht House. Suddenly, as at a given command, spurts of fire burst from the windows, from nearby roofs. Two police captains were killed, several schupos were wounded. Riot squads tore through the streets. Searchlights flickered on the houses and the Communists, dragging their wounded with them, were driven from building to building. About midnight firing ceased. No exact casualty lists were published. Most...
...like the sea-it's the grand passion of my life. I tried for years to get over it. I've stopped trying. It's incurable." When she was living in France she used to haunt the wheat fields; once while she watched the harvesting she burst into homesick tears...