Word: sanding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last Tuesday the agricultural settlements of the northern Sinai had been evacuated. Settlement after settlement had been bulldozed to the ground, the trees uprooted or covered with sand. Even the security fences were removed...
Even allowing for some exaggeration, it was plain that the engagement was a disaster for Iraq. Dozens of burned-out Soviet-built tanks and hundreds of armored vehicles Uttered the flatlands, many mired in sand softened by March rains. A charred radar dish was draped with a poster of Khomeini and banners that proclaimed GOD is GREAT! Fired by religious fervor and a belief in the rightness of their cause, Iranian soldiers have proved to be a far more potent fighting force than Saddam Hussein expected. "When you believe in God, you win," said a young fighter pilot who, like...
...Despite Sand's recent slipping, Columbia's Caulfield savored his upset win. "Howard's ranked nationally, "Caulfield said, "so I guess you could call this my biggest win ever...
...many years." One settler, a Soviet immigrant, cried, "Our Prime Minister is a traitor, our Defense Minister is committing treason!" In the main square, once known for its clean, green landscaping, graffiti had appeared on the walls: "No to exile and wandering, yes to fatherland and freedom." Sand dunes, pushed by the wind, were already attacking the town from all sides. Even a big white dove of peace, painted two days earlier by a departing settler, was being swallowed up by the sand...
Outside the park half a dozen boys, maybe ten or twelve years old, wearing caps like the Old Boys, play sand-lot ball. Some of the Old Boys stop at a distance to watch the young boys for a moment or two, then slowly proceed...