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Engakuji is Kamakura’s largest temple complex; often wracked by fire and earthquake, 17 of the original 46 buildings have survived.
In an editorial Sunday, La Nación of Argentina was guardedly optimistic that Pastrana, who is supported by a coalition, could bring reconciliation and reform to a nation wracked by criminality, corruption, and inequality.
I have wracked my brain, and I can honestly tell you that I have not read" Johnson's article.
It was written at the beginning of her probable affair with Lawson, while she was also still living at home with her husband and son, and it is wracked with private haunting.
The Portuguese surrendered in 1641, wracked by malaria and dysentery and denied their usual reinforcements from Goa.