Word: hut
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...infantry to get ashore, to stay ashore and fight and win. We also hoped that they'd kill a whole bunch of those damned antiaircraft gunners for whom we had no love and no pity. A couple of hours after dinner on June 5, someone came into the hut and said quietly, "Get to bed early tonight, fellows." We'd all seen the loading list on the bulletin board. From the size of the list, it looked like a maximum effort. I climbed into bed and went right to sleep. It was probably 2 a.m. when some...
...Hotel Woodpecker, tel: (46-70) 775 5393, is a little red hut perched among the branches of a huge, old oak tree in the middle of Västerås' Central Park. Guests climb up a 13-m ladder to reach the hotel's only room-and that's where they stay, because the ladder is then removed. Choose between a "bohème service," which means you bring your own food and bed linen, or the more comfortable deluxe option, where meals and blankets are hoisted up to you in a basket. There's a kitchen, bedroom, veranda...
Robin J. Stephens '03 woke up the last morning of his Carribean Spring Break extravaganza in the thatched hut of a local woman, with a potent taste of alcohol on his breath, a thick smell of ganja in the air and all articles of clothing save his coconut-weaved hat bizzarely missing. As he stumbled naked and sunburned across the beach, he heard the whirr of a jet engine and watched his flight back to Harvard take off over his aching head. "Damn," he thought. "I guess there's no way I'm turning in that Social Studies response paper...
...police assembled for morning parade. By the end of the week, the bombings, shootouts and guerrilla attacks had left at least 44 dead. No one claimed responsibility, but the government immediately blamed "Wahhabis" - their catchall term for Islamic militants - and in particular, the clandestine Hizb ut-Tahrir (HUT), or Party of Liberation, whose avowed aim is to create a worldwide Islamic caliphate. Senior officials also linked the attacks to al-Qaeda, describing them as retribution for the country's support of the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq. But to many, the haste in accusing the HUT smacked of political convenience...
...ventures that emphasize ecology, ensure that local communities managing these projects receive profits directly, and minimize sociocultural impact-we're often reluctant to try it. Maybe it's because we don't want to spend our hard-earned breaks living on roots and grubs while staying in a tribal hut...