Word: deserted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hearst into letting her edit his Washington Herald. (He said "No" when she wanted to buy it.) Last week Editrix Patterson, who cannot settle down in Washington but gads about the country for the fun of reporting, hinted that she had espied Professor Albert Ein stein on the Mojave Desert's brim in the nude...
...gazing out across the wide and lovely and silent desert. Undulating, pastel tinted. A white handkerchief knotted at each of the four corners rested upon the famous shock of curly grey hair...
Hundreds of miles from the snows of Bardonecchia, other Italian soldiers died fighting in the Sahara. In Libya for over a year Italian troops have been waging private war against revolting Senussi tribesmen. Last stronghold of the Senussi is the Oases of Kufra, 350 miles across the open desert from the oasis of Zella, Italian base. Three columns, containing several regiments of native troops and a squadron of armored cars, escorted by a squadron of airplanes, moved against Kufra by forced march. Last week they struck. Every man and boy who could hold a rifle fought in the Senussi ranks...
Wolf of the Desert...
Barzor was scion of a rich Jewish family, prosperous and happy. His life was ruined when his young wife and child were killed in Herod's Slaughter of the Innocents. His attempt to murder Herod in revenge failed; by a series of lucky accidents he escaped into the desert to friendly Arabs. But he had become a man of fixed idea, and only bided his time to launch a rebellion against Herod and the eRomans who kept him in power. Then he met Rongus, a young Jew who had been sold into slavery by a mercenary uncle. Too high-spirited...