Word: fastnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...within the capital. Royalist troops still surround San'a, exchanging fire with Republican units by day and shelling the city at night, but they lack the tanks and armored trucks necessary to finish the job. The longer they delay, the harder their task becomes. The Republican army is fast getting arms and training from Russia, which has stepped into Nasser's place...
...Sunday spin in the country, one of the scenic delights used to be the handsomely weather-beaten, quaintly dilapidated barns that lined rural roads. The pleasure is fast vanishing. From New England to the Midwest, the old barns are being dismantled by barn buyers who covet their richly textured boards and hand-hewn beams, sell them to satisfy America's increasingly nostalgic appetite for rustic building materials. The barn boards are being used in homes mostly as warm wall paneling for family rooms, dens and country kitchens, or for cabinets to contain the latest stereo-tape decks and color...
...half a dozen new Sheraton motels in New England. At first, Janinski found that farmers were anxious to be rid of the rundown structures, and he was able to buy the wood for the cost of pulling down the barn ($200 to $400). "But the farmer gets sophisticated pretty fast in New Hampshire and Vermont," says Janinski, "and today the weathered timber costs up to three times as much as new lumber...
...when Clive Haupt and his bride of three months went with friends to Fish Hoek Beach. Haupt played pickup rugby, then lay down to rest. Suddenly a friend called that Haupt was ill, with frothy blood coming from his mouth. From a local hospital, he was shuttled fast to the better-equipped Victoria Hospital, where doctors concluded that he had suffered a stroke-a massive brain hemorrhage. They saw little hope that he could survive. But since Haupt had apparently been fit, his heart was probably in good condition, so they telephoned the surgeons at Groote Schuur...
...best individual time of the meet was turned in by the freshman cross country captain. Dave Pottetti. Running in the two-mile for the first time since he was injured against Army before vacation, Pottetti beat the field by over 30 seconds, finishing in a fast...