Word: iso
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...when they arrived at the village, they first noticed what had survived. A reinforced cinder-block house and another made of precast concrete slabs still stood, less than a mile from the blast. One iso-ft. guyed radio tower was erect. A 15,4000-gal. tank of liquefied petroleum gas was intact; only its handrail was bent. Shelves of groceries seemed unharmed. A power substation was 95% operable. The telephone system showed little damage. The blast had blown out fires that had been started by the searing heat of the explosion. Underground gas lines to houses less than a mile...
...Unity. "The people of God . . . are never alone with their Lord in iso lation from the world. It is the world which He came to save . . . But this witness of the church to its Lord is weakened by our faithlessness-not least by our divisions. Therefore will the church deal with these divisions with holy impatience, and passionately strive for unity...