Word: shrines
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Minh and his forces for nearly a decade may be intrigued to learn that the preservation of a legend is in progress in Hanoi. Soviet specialists are helping the North Vietnamese to embalm Ho's body so that, like Lenin's, it will become a glass-encased shrine for future generations-doubtless including, on some distant, peaceful day, American tourists...
...flames that gutted a wing of Jerusalem's Al Aqsa mosque last August added an unwanted measure of heat and hatred to a conflict that is never far from flash point. Arab leaders, blaming Israeli negligence for the damage to Islam's third most sacred shrine, called for jihad-holy war. Prime Minister Golda Meir's Cabinet met in emergency session amid deep concern that the fire might weaken Israeli rule in the holy city. Last week the man who confessed to setting the mosque ablaze, a 28-year-old Christian named Denis Michael Rohan, was judged...