Word: underground
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...province. Many of the weapons handed over were old and not particularly useful, and it has been anticipated that KLA hard-liners ? some of whom have been involved in systematic mortar attacks on Serb villages ? may choose to simply hide their arms and continue their independence war from the underground...
...Baghdad in August. I emerged from the underground rail system to bright sunlight and the spirited sights and sounds of a produce market, where vegetables every color and shape were being hawked in numerous languages. The dome above city hall, black and studded with gold lines over a classical mass of stone, blinked its brilliance in the sunshine, and the street was lined with flags arranged as a monument to the accomplishments of the United Nations. As I bought a freshly baked scone and handed the merchant the bills, he happily jabbered away on his cellular phone, and I took...
...members of the Tamil community who voiced their opinions so strongly in this matter were informed by ethnic newspapers, underground publications and word-of-mouth. What about those of us who don't have access to all those sources on a regular basis? How do we sort out our opinions? Now, in Sri Lanka, the air seethes with rumors of hidden horrors--torture, rape, looting, murder. Thankfully, in our family, the worst thing that has happened is the burning of my aunt's house 15 years ago. I could tell you stories much worse and much bloodier than that...
...renovation also added an underground parking complex that connects to all of the buildings...
...fact remains that Israel does control a disproportionate amount of the West Bank underground aquifers (80 percent), a major source of drinking and irrigation water in the region. Israel also has more advanced agricultural and technological needs for this water. Still, many of Israel's neighbors blame their daily thirst, or at least fear that their wells will soon run dry, on the territorial nature of the Jewish state. Classic anti-Israel rhetoric. Israel still looms in the popular imagination as the capitalistic conquistadors. By all accounts, this is an unfair charge but proof that resentment and bitterness still exists...