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...Traversing a scarred land that has endured everything and forgotten nothing, British Historian Ronald Fraser records the memories of survivors. He digs for the truth about Communist betrayals and fascist atrocities, executioners and victims. Many of the recollections are as sanguinary as the war: bombs strike a hospital, airplanes strafe civilians, firing squads are everywhere. Hitler and Stalin control the moves offstage, ever willing to sacrifice Spaniards to German and Soviet causes. Contradiction is the order of the day: "How do you explain that?" inquires a woman. "?Dios mio! The people who destroy holy images kiss them." On the left...
...linksmen shot a team aggregate score of 392 while URI logged a 399 and the boys from Connecticut posted a 403. The victory was particularly encouraging because URI is well-nigh invincible in the briny ocean breezes that strafe Point Judith...
Rookie coach Frank McLaughlin, who refers to the Harvard basketball program as "a sleeping giant," watched his aroused cagers strafe highly-touted UMass with a closing scoring fusillade, but the Minutemen hung on to succesfully nurse their four point lead in the closing minutes...
...enervating heat compounded by the hot dustbowl winds that strafe the course make Southern Hills an even sterner test of stamina. The course must be watered in the middle of the tournament and on a single hot day will soak up 400,000 gallons of water...
...keep the two sides separated. Ever since, a U.N. force of about 2,000 men has been stationed on the island to police the borders between Greek and Turk enclaves. But despite the U.N. troops, fighting between the communities erupted again, and in August 1964, Turkey sent warplanes to strafe and bomb Greek positions on the island. The U.N. arranged a cease-fire that lasted until 1967, when Greece and Turkey again nearly went...