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But the idea of home is harder to destroy than bricks and mortar.

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"We were hit by artillery, mortar rounds and glide bombs," he explains.

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Rachel Williams, the vice chair of the rancheria, sat on the ground, grinding acorn meat in a stone mortar that had been handed down by her great grandmother.

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Speculative tech bubbles such as the dotcom boom of the 1990s lacked a bricks and mortar base.

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The whole area echoes to the sound of exploding mortar and artillery shells.

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

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