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"He's a really nice guy. Humble is the word I'd use to describe him," he said.

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Survivors described waking up to alarms, thick black smoke that made it impossible to see, and residents trying to reach windows and balconies for air.

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One of the Afghans, who made his move after the US withdrawal, described Wednesday's incident as "deeply tragic".

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There is a pejorative word—reactionary—to describe such an enterprise.

He describes the unrest in New York as “unprecedented, the worst breakdown in law and order I’ve seen.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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