Word: mortaring
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Yesterday the Old Yard became an undulating sea of mortar board caps as seniors funneled into Memorial Church for this year's Baccalaureate service...
...uprising that unsettled all of India. On Dec. 6, 1992, thousands of Hindu zealots stormed a 464-year-old Muslim house of worship in Uttar Pradesh state called the Babri mosque and razed it, many of them ripping at the stones and mortar with their bare hands. Subsequent Hindu-Muslim rioting across the country left more than 1,000 dead. When the mosque was destroyed--according to legend, it had been built on the birthplace of the Hindu god-king Ram--many feared that if the leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party who egged on the fanatics ever came...
...earlier controversies--the downhill event, the charge card issue, the flame continually being extinguished during its run through southern Japan, even the recent leftist mortar shell attack at Narita International Airport--are but the pre-Olympic warm-up. As the world turns to Nagano today, Japan will face its largest test...
...Adams Goes to Downing Street The last time Irish Republicans visited the British Prime Minister?s residence, they lobbed mortar shells from down the street. This time, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams will ring the doorbell...
...invited Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams to pop round the Prime Minister's residence Thursday for a cup of tea. Talk about historic ? it's the first time since the partition of Ireland 76 years ago that any member of that party has been near Downing Street. Without a mortar bomb in hand, that...