Word: mainland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...problem is that barren as it looks to most people, Pantelleria is a thing of beauty to military strategists. The island is the closest point in Europe to the North African mainland-it is only 44 miles from the coast of Tunisia -and is still honeycombed with military tunnels built by Mussolini during World War II. Though the Italian army now has only a 20-man weather team on the island, there are rumors that NATO would like to use it as a radar station to keep track of Arab air forces in North Africa. The rumors are unofficially confirmed...
...Italy. Volcanic springs, more like oversized tea kettles than proper Ve-suviuses, gurgle and smolder in the interior and, from shore to barren shore, there is not a drop of water fit to drink. Water, like almost all the island's food, must be brought from the mainland...
...enemy is off Manhattan. The largest expeditionary force in British history seizes Staten Island and prepares to invade the mainland to crush General George Washington's ragtag Continentals -and with them the Revolution. Near Wall Street, frenzied New Yorkers tear down George III's statue. Delaware Congressional Delegate Rodney Caesar rides 80 miles through thunderstorms to Philadelphia to help make the colonies' Declaration of Independence unanimous...
Radio Evangelism. The stories of Christian revival are feeding the hopes of evangelistic organizations that have never given up on getting their message back into the mainland. Some groups, such as the Far East Broadcasting Co., have contented themselves with longdistance radio evangelism. F.E.B.C...
Other organizations have concentrated on printing and trying to send thousands of Bibles into China. The best way to reach the mainland so far seems to be through visiting overseas Chinese, who are sometimes allowed to take several Bibles with them into the country...