Word: makeshifts
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...communists swept to power in 1949, more than 12,000 troops from the 3rd and 5th armies of the kmt fought their way out of Yunnan province while their compatriots hot-footed it to Taiwan. The dedicated troops set up a makeshift camp deep in the jungles of northern Burma, and for the next 12 years waged a vicious, opium-funded guerrilla war against the armies of both communist China and Burma. They were gradually pushed south until, battle weary and demoralized, they sought sanctuary in neighboring Thailand. About 4,000 men, under General Tuan Shi-wen, settled in what...
Tommy’s Value: The “ghetto” convenience store—unfairly nicknamed for its sparse interior and makeshift (stenciled) sign—actually contains most essentials, with all late-night staples present and accounted...
Last September 7313 packages arrived in the mailroom, 85 percent of which came during move-in week, according to the records from McClary’s makeshift file cabinet, a U.S. Postal Service plastic...
...subjects are as diverse as the city itself: the World Trade Center buildings before, during and after the plane crashes from every imaginable angle; firemen, relief workers, politicians, animals; the makeshift memorials around the site. Some of the most poignant photos are of people reacting to the events at hand—images which capture the shock and the horror as well as the heroic solidarity of rescue workers. Images full of human pain and suffering are equaled by images which show human nature at its fullest and most noble...
...hours, watched us work at our brightly lit computers. Their faces pressed on the glass, discussions thrived about what we were doing. We were the best entertainment in a long time. That night we all slept in one room, weapons between us and blankets pulled over our heads, in makeshift cocoons, against the below-zero chill...