Word: volcanoed
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...careful way behind stone walls up the limestone and pumice heights of the Sorrentine peninsula. From the ridge the patches of chestnut forest tumbled into the brown Campania plain. The General looked in the direction of the ashen ruins of Pompeii, the lava-scarred cone of Vesuvius. Beyond the volcano rose a huge shroud of smoke over the port of Naples. In that city of 900,000, rising in tourist times like a white amphitheater from the blue sea, the Germans were dynamiting and burning. It was clear proof that the Wehrmacht had lost the Battle of Salerno...
...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...