Word: feastings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Minor crept slowly into the cove to inspect the floating nest, a nest the preservation committee had set out in the spring. It is more raft than nest, actually about 6 ft. square, framed with cedar logs, filled with sod and sedge. Loons nest naturally on land, where raccoons feast on loon eggs. Preservation committee = artificial floating nests = more loons...
Last but not feast of the complaints is that whatever students specific gripes may be, the entire process gets far too much attention...
Afghanistan is a nation of villages. They are the basis of its social structure and its Muslim faith. At communal events like weddings, villagers come together for days to feast, dance and race horses. More practically, the Muslim system of zakat (tithing) binds the community together by ensuring that a part of its wealth goes to its poor. Villages have therefore been the primary source of food, support and intelligence for the mujahedin guerrillas who oppose the Soviet-backed regime of Babrak Karmal. That is why the Soviets have used their bombs and tanks to reduce scores of communities...
...starts with his recollections of kings, queens and other royals. Much of it reads like a gossip column, but some of the tidbits, which would never make it into a newspaper column, are often quite revealing of cultures and attitudes of the rich. He described, for instance, a feast given for the King of Saudi Arabia...
...shipping in the Persian Gulf pose a delicate problem of how to protect Western oil supplies without risking U.S. involvement in the Iran-Iraq war. America's relations with the Soviet Union keep hitting new lows. There are indications that the London summit may not be quite the feast of self-congratulation over economic growth that had been expected. France, Germany and Britain, disturbed by tremors in the American banking system, are voicing renewed criticism of U.S. policies toward budget deficits, interest rates and Third World debt...