Word: rebuilder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Listening to the tales of horror, the Shah could do little more than promise assistance. "We will rebuild your town," he told the survivors who pressed around him, "even if it will not be as beautiful and charming as the historic Tabas." Meanwhile, rescue workers faced up to the grim, ultimate task in such disasters: bulldozing the ruins to prevent epidemic?even though there might still be survivors too deep to find, too weak to call out. Well diggers known as moqanis were flown in from Kerman and Yazd to repair the ancient qanats, the giant underground system of wells...
...just begun work on the ice rink, and it's a little bit frightening seeing all those holes blown in the walls," Reardon said. "But we'll rebuild it in a manner that won't remind us of what we had there. Maybe the heat will even work...
...million because of the drought and reducing their herds from 5 million head to 4 million. Says William Staiger of the Cattlemen's Association: "Last year there was no grass and no water. When the rains came, the damn grass sprouted all over the place. We can rebuild the herds in three years...
...patiently, occasionally murmuring instructions to his assistants. Among the first petitioners was an aged, crippled, nearly blind man, barefoot and leaning on a cane. He was destitute and was asking for money. Another petitioner had a pregnant wife; he also pleaded for princely largesse. A third needed help to rebuild his house, which had burned down. Another came from a remote district that lacked water and electricity, and he wanted action from the government...
...coat rack jammed with secondhand clothing, rows of used appliances and abandoned furniture, and assorted bric-a-brac. All in all, an appropriate setting for the annual get-together of the "Emmaus movement," which has shown thousands of people in 23 countries around the world how to rebuild their self-esteem by recycling the junk of the consumer society...