Word: mortared
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crackle of machine-gun fire and the crump of mortar shells reverberated in the narrow alleyways of Beirut's southern suburbs. Figures in camouflage fatigues crouched behind the crumbling concrete-block walls of abandoned apartment buildings, clutching Kalashnikovs and scanning the area ahead for signs of movement before advancing. Red headbands identified the men as members of Hizballah, the disciplined and fanatical Shi'ite militia supported by Iran. After three weeks of combat, Hizballah's militants, led by Iranian Revolutionary Guards, had seized control of virtually the entire area of Beirut's southern suburbs from the Syrian-backed Amal militia...
Malcolm McCormack, executive secretary of the Truman Foundation, which administers the scholarships, said the award was founded because those who had known the president believed he would not have wanted a memorial building. "He was not much on bricks and mortar. They wanted a living program dedicated to Truman's memory," he said...
Remember the image of the book as an object, as a welding of board, paper, string, glue and ink; remember the pyramids of the Egyptians, built from sand, stone and mortar: They were built to ward off time. Each individual block, though carved to protect a pharoah, was a move by man to withstand wind, water, night and other men. Each book we print adds to the monolith of similar blocks we preserve, that we stack in piles, climb on top of, burn out of fear...
...Royal Ulster Constabulary frets over the calm. Nothing unusual is going on outside in the bustling, mainly Catholic town. Pedestrians stroll. Shoppers head for McEvoy's Fashion Store close by. But even the commonplace may impart fear in Ulster, and French knows that appearances are deceptive. In February 1986, mortar shells launched by the Irish Republican Army thundered down on the police station, killing nine officers as they ate their evening meal. Since rebuilt, Newry station is now a fortress, protected by thick concrete walls and a 30-ft.-high reinforced-steel fence. "I know they are out there plotting...
...night long Port-au-Prince was rocked with the sound of mortar and machine- gun fire. It was not a good preparation for Haiti's first free presidential election in 30 years, scheduled to take place the next day. The home of at least one election official was hit with mortar shells, and more than 20 people died in Port-au-Prince and other cities during the night...