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… Roman doctors described a disease called the sacred fire (sacer ignis) which by the Middle Ages came to be known as St. Anthony’s Fire: “an ulcerous Eruption, reddish, or mix’d of pale and …

… Gunshots? Or was it fireworks? When I saw a man running for his life, I … on $250 a month, protesters setting federal buildings on fire, the Zika virus devastating thousands of families. It …

… square-built log houses generally provided with a door, a fireplace of some kind, and a chimney or smokehole…. The … a window. Ages of indulgence in vodka, brandy and other fire waters with the concomitant excitement of thrusting an …

… particularly in the wake of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911. Sarah Paxton While women's labor outside the … protection. In the wake of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in which 123 women and girls in 23 men died in a fire due to a lack of effective safety precautions, the …

… is unlikely to succeed. In fact, it will probably backfire. Once before, Israel — under the pretext of a … to raze Palestinian Liberation Organization bases used to fire rockets into Israel. But just like the bombing of Tyre … in a round of shuttle diplomacy and brokered a cease fire. Israel eventually withdrew the IDF from Lebanon in …

… apparently so important that people be allowed to carry firearms: to prevent good Samaritans from intervening when … transplant to South Carolina from Virginia, claimed to have fired the first shot on Fort Sumter, thus precipitating the …

… ex-Confederates led by the Mayor of New Orleans opened fire on a parade of 130 black men celebrating the convention … months after a massacre in Memphis, TN, the violence backfired as it aided the Republican Party in Congressional … but were met by armed resistance. After exchanging fire, the sheriff died. Subsequently, hundreds of armed …

… mark of 9/11, and the strong connection between municipal fire and police departments and Irish America.   A more … 11 with honor guards of New York City police officers and fire fighters, special moments of silence, and copious …

… there . . . nothing there but black water and American fire power.” Now, images of American firepower again dominate the nightly news, and one is left …

… Act for 2010, the Department of Defense came under fire for setting decoration standards too high. Still, … highest decoration, the Victoria Cross, for actions under fire. The United States has fielded three times as many …

… Hôtel des Invalides, where they looted approximately 3,000 firearms and five canons. The weapons, however, required … It is a privilege which we should strive not to lose.   Fireworks in Paris on Bastille Day, 2017   … Mircea Platon … …

… biomes from the Virgin Islands to the Arctic, from Fire Island to the islands of the Pacific. You can savor …

… demonstrations, a young man threatened to set himself on fire if the enormous red star on the top of the Communist … down immediately. After the building was stormed and set on fire, in an apparent victory of popular rage against the …

… to record their experiences while in the ranks and under fire, as an ever-growing collection of oral histories, …

… in the nineteenth century, predicting that his rapid-fire gun would put an end to war, as no one could advance in the face of such overwhelming firepower. But Gatling, like many later innovators, … war within a matter of months." Yet, despite the horrendous firestorms created in Dresden, Lubeck and Hamburg by British …

… were made between Nixon and President Trump when the latter fired the Director of the FBI, James Comey. The High Bar The … special prosecutor, and who, as FBI director in 2017, was fired by Trump over his role in the investigation into …

… similarities across time and genre.  Destruction by fire, water, foreigner, and plague have remarkable … that underlie them.  For example, demolition via flood and fire (with their Biblical overtones) are enduring modes, but …

… fuel. Even a single bullet could engulf the whole scene in fire.  As Issa and Tony returned from the deserted plane, two of five police sharpshooters opened fire from a rooftop. The scene quickly devolved into chaotic crossfire as the lighting units were hit and the airfield plunged …

… lakeshores. Combined Kennedy and Johnson I mentioned saved Fire Island National Seashore, in New York, Cape Lookout in … Ohio comes into play because the Cuyahoga River catches fire.   Douglas Brinkley  Other rivers had caught fire. The Rouge River had caught fire by Detroit. But they …

… in 1963 thought that Diem could continue in office if he fired his brother Nhu – about as likely as President Kennedy …

… sculpture that spelled out, in English, the word Newborn . Fireworks accompanied live appearances by pop stars and … building and the state TV building, setting the latter on fire. While the subsequent election of Vojislav Kostunica …

… of Crimea into her empire.   4. Catherine’s Grand Tour Fireworks in honor of Catherine the Great, 1787, Sevastopol …