ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONFLAGRATION
From Latin conflagrātiō, from conflagrāre to be burnt up, from com- (intensive) + flagrāre to burn; related to Latin fulgur lightning.
QUOTES WITH «CONFLAGRATION»
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conflagration.
The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONFLAGRATION»
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conflagration in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
conflagration and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The
Conflagration of Community: Fiction Before and After ...
Throughout, Miller questions the resonance between the difficulty of imagining, understanding, or remembering Auschwitz—a difficulty so often a theme in records of the Holocaust—and the exasperating resistance to clear, conclusive ...
A continuation of the story that began with Kindling finds The Four waging a supernatural war against the invading forces of a fanatical priesthood while the Kingdom of Albany fights a decisive battle to reclaim the Virginia Freestate.
3
Paths to
Conflagration: Fifty Years of Diplomacy and Warfare ...
This book challenges conventional Thai interpretations of that event and of the political conflicts leading up to it.
Mayurī Ngaosīvat, Pheuiphanh Ngaosyvathn, 1998
4
Flammable Cities: Urban
Conflagration and the Making of the ...
As this volume demonstrates, the many and varied attempts to master, marginalize, or manipulate fire can turn a natural and human hazard into a highly useful social and political tool.
Greg Bankoff, Uwe Lübken, Jordan Sand, 2012
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Portland's Greatest
Conflagration: The 1866 Fire Disaster
Authors Michael Daicy and Don Whitney, both firefighters, chronicle the day’s catastrophic events, as well as the bravery of those who fought the ferocious fire, dispelling the myth that ill-trained firefighting contributed to the ...
Don Whitney, Michael Daicy, 2010
When a hit team from an illegal arms trafficking organization attacks the corporate offices of a mining research company, killing a corporate vice president in the process, Mack Bolan and the Stony Man team race against time to recover an ...
Featuring stories to set the mind on fire, this 1994 World Fantasy Award-winning collection includes such tales as In the Fullness of Time, Top of the Charts, The Chaff He Will Burn, Music of the Spheres, The Summer We Saw Diana, and the ...
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Great Lakes
Conflagration: Second Congo War, 1998_2003
Tom Cooper. A Cascavel armoured car leads a column ofvictorious Zimbabwean
soldiers through the streets of Kinshasa in a show of force following the defeat
ofthe Rwandan-led advance on the Congolese capital. Photo ZDF OPERATiON ...
9
The
Conflagration of Moscow: A Poem
A Poem Charles Caleb Colton. fort much happier than any thing he ever
afterwards attempted either in prose or verse. I must be content to follow him: I
cannot presume to walk by his side. T 0 soar with Johnson, when, in addition to
his Own ...
Charles Caleb Colton, 1822
10
Monody on the Victims and Sufferers by the Late ...
Samuel Gilman. Were all the victims of one cruel aim, All are lamented in one
honour'd name. ' But who is he, that back distracted flies, And swells their sorrow
with a lover's cries ? Brave, faithful GIBBONS !* my recording verse Shall not
forget ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONFLAGRATION»
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conflagration is used in the context of the following news items.
A year after Gaza war, no rebuilding and an uneasy future for all
When the war ended, Israeli officials spoke openly about the likelihood of the next conflagration, saying it would be only a year or so before ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
Louisville's 'Wall Street of Whiskey' in Flames
The conflagration was also just down the street from the site where Brown-Forman plans to install its new Old Forester distillery experience. «Eater, Jul 15»
End the stalemate in Syria
... to end the stalemate, many more people will be killed and an even greater number of Muslims will be drawn to this global conflagration. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
Bombs in Our Backyards
The few town buildings that survived the conflagration were later razed because of oil contamination. Lac-Mégantic was obliterated. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
July 4 worries come and go; long fire season still lies ahead
A potentially volatile July 4 weekend passed without a raging conflagration that had been the fear of first responders and the attentive members ... «Yakima Herald-Republic, Jul 15»
Srebrenica, 20 years later
The concern was to stop the conflagration from spreading. By 1993, Britain was effectively running policy. The Foreign Secretary was Douglas ... «Politico, Jul 15»
Gaza War, One Year Later: Knesset set to mark anniversary
Israel's parliament on Tuesday will mark the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of the Gaza conflagration by devoting a series of plenum and ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
Sharad Pawar's white lies: How he landed in trouble over Dawood
One must credit Pawar for his farsightedness and for saving innocent lives that might have otherwise been lost in another conflagration. «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
Colombians for Conservation of Peace Process
The conflagration was exacerbated from mid-May following the resumption of military bombing to the FARC-EP and the suspension of the fighting pause ... «Prensa Latina, Jul 15»
Patriotic Union Callls for Peace in Colombia
... of Colombia supported the re-election of president in 2014 with the expectation of completing the long conflagration through dialogue with the insurgents. «Prensa Latina, Jul 15»
