Word: touristic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...volcano seemed to take a big breath, first sucking in air, then exploding," said a Colombian tourist who survived unhurt. Garcia and Menyailov died in an instant in the 600 degreesC blast of toxic gases. On the western rim of the cone, British geologist Geoffrey Brown and two Colombian colleagues were also incinerated as gas and heat spurted upward...
Conway was the only survivor able to walk away from Galeras; on his way out, he passed the body of a dead tourist whose shirt was still on fire. The fourth survivor, Ecuadoran scientist Luis Lamarie, had to be carried out on a stretcher...
Although the score may indicate otherwise, the Ivy seniors didn't concentrate much on the game during their eight-day Pacific junket. The players brought along a cameras and camcorders, but the equipment got more use at tourist sites than at the game...
Maybe, if you're in an adventurous mood, you'll slip off the expressway and visit hokey Midwest tourist sites like the Call of the Wild Museum or the largest free standing crucifix in North America...
...many, none of this came soon enough. Turkey complained that its warnings about threats to its citizens had not been heeded. In Israel reaction to the neo-Nazi violence was even stronger. Calls for economic and tourist boycotts were widely voiced, and a Knesset delegation canceled a trip to Germany in protest. Said Foreign Minister Shimon Peres: "We turn to ((Germany)) with a demand to implement existing laws, pass new ones and outlaw all those who threaten the right to life of any human being...