Word: nestful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unit commander coolly radioed his artillery base: "I would be greatly indebted to you if you would kindly switch off that projector which is disturbing my work." Israeli shells zeroed in, and the light snapped off. As Syrian artillery opened up, the Israeli infantry bumped into a machine-gun nest in the presumably unarmed village, wiped it out with a grenade attack. After that the Israelis placed two tons of dynamite under the village walls and withdrew. One hour later, most of Tawafik's 40-odd houses blew up with a roar that shook the Jordan River valley...
...months of the year, shines through every part of the vast canvas, and the Santa Maria floats on a mother-of-pearl sea precisely like a Cadaques fishing boat at dawn. Her sails, however, are inventions. The transparent topsail shows the silhouette of a combined crow's-nest and Holy Grail...