Word: thundered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Indian Ocean, long quiescent, woke to the thunder of a powerful naval attack...
...December bodies up now. But they come up quicker in the springtime-men face down, women face up. If she's in the river maybe we'll know in May. If there's a thunderstorm we'll know before that. An odd thing, the way thunder will bring them...
...soldiers, whose buddies had died on the slope, watched. Then, at 9:28 a.m., from beyond the snow-capped peaks, came the first wave of lordly Fortresses. From the mountain peak came great orange bursts of flame, billowing smoke. The muffled crunch of explosions grew like a roll of thunder...
...thunder at Truk echoed from Tokyo. In a move without precedent, Japan's rulers summarily sacked the chiefs of the Army and Navy General Staffs, openly admitted the loss of two cruisers, three destroyers, 13 transports, 120 planes...
...lost sleep, protested, continued to lose sleep. One evening he came home from work, tired and late. He ate his black beans and went to bed. Soon Ricardina started the service. In a turban and bright red robes, she screamed incantations before the "pegi" (altar) to "Xango" (God of Thunder). The holy uproar swelled. At the climax, Oswaldo Candido da Silva, the "Pae de Santo" (High Priest) beheaded a squawking chicken.* The congregation made suitable noises...