Word: fortresses
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...East Berlin cobblestones. East German troops carrying rolls of barbed wire, concrete pillars, stone blocks, picks, and shovels leapt out of their trucks. Four hours later, millions of Berliners lived in a huge communist pen which over the next decade would be broadened and built into an automated armed fortress of steel and concrete -a fortress which stood as a monstrous rebuke to freedom...
...rapid expansion, JetBlue has yet to take on any of the "fortress hubs" dominated by the majors: Atlanta (Delta), Chicago (United and American), Dallas (American) and Detroit (Northwest). And it does not intend to. Neeleman knows that if he invades the hubs, the big carriers will probably try to price-cut him to death or add flights to overwhelm the still small airline...
...countries' diplomats had to deal with the fallout. With some 26,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines on the 2,300-sq-km tropical prefecture, Okinawa is the cornerstone of the U.S. defense strategy in Asia. But ever since the Americans turned the island into a military fortress after World War II, it has been an uneasy alliance. The Okinawans, already estranged from the Japanese mainlanders who colonized their island and then brutalized them during the war, have long resented being used as a pawn in a military defense chess game. Crimes like last week's alleged rape only inflame...
Round a curve on a winding road in Saint Romain au Mont d'Or, a medieval village 9 km north of Lyons, and you come upon a fortress-like compound straight out of a James Bond movie. Built in the 16th century as a way station for horse-drawn carriages, the three-hectare domain features a helicopter landing pad, a sensor-based thermography security system, 130 computers and seven plasma screens for videoconferencing...
...imagined I had looked inside his fortress for an instant. I decided the Hermit was a sly old dog, and I was touched. Then I accused myself of having a small-town busybody's mind that makes up cheap unfounded stories that cause trouble...