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Word: segunda (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...provincial capital of Huambo. Lavender-blossomed jacaranda trees line the streets, but many buildings are pockmarked by shellfire and bullets. At a health center, one-legged children push themselves on wooden trolleys while waiting for fresh supplies of artificial limbs. Most became amputees the same way as Fernando Segunda, 16: his right leg was blown off when he stepped on a land mine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angola Where Blossoms And Bullets Grow | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

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