Word: desertion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...front lines and punched their way into Israeli-held territory under the glare of an afternoon sun. Backed by heavy artillery and strafing jets, they maneuvered with tanks and armored vehicles. Helicopters carried some Arab troops into battle. United Nations observers reported seeing Egyptians crossing into the Sinai Desert at five points along the 103-mile canal front; Syrian troops were spotted moving into Israel over the central section of the Golan Heights cease-fire line by other U.N. teams. The Syrians were soon stopped, but the Egyptians claimed that within hours they occupied nearly all of the east bank...
...familiar works can be a misappropriation of dwindling resources. Probably the New York City Opera owes its loyal fans the right to see Beverly Sills in her latest Donizetti revival, Anna Bolena (not given a major stage production in New York since 1850). But would those fans really desert if deprived of yet another new production of Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos? Not likely...
...desert sighs...
Only about 2,500 people have chosen to live in California City, a 119,000-acre swatch of the Mojave Desert, since the development was opened to residents...
Lake Havasu City, Ariz., is famed as the new home of the London Bridge, which now spans a canal connected to a lake made by damming the Colorado River. The development by McCulloch Properties covers 16,640 acres of gravelly desert 200 miles northwest of Phoenix. Lots and gently curving streets are well laid out, but the development could become a jumble of clashing architectural styles because McCulloch will let a lot buyer put up any kind of house-Cape Cod, Spanish pueblo, Swiss chalet...