Word: soiling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...towns like the once thriving community of Posoltega, nestled on rich soil beneath the Casitas Volcano in Nicaragua's mountainous northwest, Mitch was the apocalypse. Close to noon on Oct. 30, after the hurricane had dumped three days of rain into Casitas's crater, the mountainside burst with what villagers described as the angry roar of a jetliner. It hurled mud, water and rock onto Posoltega's rooftops, "a terrible, towering wall that just fell out of the clouds," says Santo Diaz, 24. Diaz gathered his elderly father, mother, sister and two brothers to escape--but the avalanche claimed them...
...Crystal Bar and East Cambridge are many thousands of miles away from the foreign soil where Curry, Costa and Kearns served. Yet, these men say that time and distance do not erase the memories of battle...
Despite the rain, which was followed by a draught in July, the apples that survived are colorful and crispy, which Rose attributes to the farm's soil and 1,250-foot elevation...
Myers said the Spanish judges are also investigating the assassinations of two former Allende officials on American soil. But the facts in the investigation of Pinochet are even closer to home...
...fighters that has relied on American advisers since 1975. Although the Prince had initial reservations in 1990 when the Bush Administration asked to deploy 500,000 troops in the kingdom during the Gulf War, he shows no inclination to kick out the 5,000 who still remain on Saudi soil...