Word: hovel
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Connors closed by saying that U.S. troops will have to leave Iraq before the resistance fighters quit, quoting an Iraqi fighter who told him, “I’d rather live in a hovel than have my country reconstructed by people on the outside...
...Basayef may well feel that his unrestrained tactics have been vindicated with the evident failure of Maskhadov’s moderate approach; whereas Maskhadov’s conventional guerrilla tactics—even the occasional call for a peaceful solution—led him to ineffectual death in a hovel, Baseyef, operating without moral compass or any sense of restraint, continues to achieve spectacular “successes,” such as the Beslan triumph...
...Maybe to truly appreciate the new building you had to have worked for a few months over in the temporary reading room, which in many ways was a hovel,” Shapiro said. “More important than the space is just the honor and bliss of working with this fabulous collection...
...near constant motion, shifting from one palace to the next to prevent potential enemies from fixing his location. Over the last 8 months, he stayed on the move for the same reason. But U.S. military officials in Tikrit believe his accommodations on the lam more closely resembled the hovel on the property on which he was caught last Saturday night than the massive, ornate structures he had built around the country as monuments to himself. Lt. Col. Steven Russell commands the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry of the Fourth Infantry Division. In numerous raids his unit conducted, in conjunction with Special...
...senior, I might still walk home alone from time to time, but there is a noticeably quicker step to my gait. My eyes constantly dart around, visually inspecting every dark hovel. At least one hand is always buried into my coat pocket. Not simply stuffed in to keep warm, the hand holds tight to a cell phone set to dial 911 and just waiting to connect the call if necessary. I am not alone. Other females grip room keys, ready to wield them as weapons. Some refuse to leave their rooms without pepper spray in their purses...