Word: volcanoed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Fakir was the most exciting thing seen in Mexico since a poor farmer's field at Paracutin split wide open and disgorged a little volcano. A lively row had sprung up between two powerful newspapers, El Universal and Novedades, over whether El Fakir's crucifixion was sacrilege. Universal, which sponsored El Fakir's show, finally overcame objections by getting from Archbishop Luis Martínez a statement: "I have nothing to say about this spectacle . . . because it is nothing that has to do with religion." Religious or not, many awed Mexicans gave El Fakir medals...
...Government of Pietro Badoglio squatted on the Italian volcano between the German devil and the deep Allied...
Behind the immediate issue of peace or war pressed a greater issue: who would rule Italy in the future? The Volcano. To the people who cried for peace and liberty the Badoglio Government replied with a sop and a stick...
...week's end General Montgomery met reporters within sight of Mt. Etna. "Well, gentlemen," he said, "this is the first time I ever fought around a volcano." Monty also said: "I am very pleased with the way things are going...
...answer: "No." Reporting to his volcanic boss, Secretary of Interior Ickes, Dr. Loughlin estimated that the chances were three or four million to one against a blockbuster touching off a volcanic eruption. It might happen, said he, if a bomb hit a rock wedged in the vent of a volcano which was just barely holding the volcanic force back. But, he added, "the earth forces involved are so enormous as compared with any that man can bring to bear that the latter are wholly inconsequential...