Word: casket
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sandinistas to die in Nicaragua's five-year-old civil war. Linder's parents and two siblings had flown in from the U.S., honoring Linder's request to be buried in Nicaragua if he was killed. Shortly before his father David poured Oregon soil on the wooden casket, he said, "Benjamin felt he belonged here...
...Matagalpa, Nicaragua, dozens of wreaths surrounded the casket of the red-bearded engineer, who went to Nicaragua...
...Walter doesn't miss a wake or a funeral. His family has been around for a long time, and when he walks into the funeral home, it is as though he has bestowed an honor to the person in the casket," says Koocher. "If anyone else did it, people would think it was really cheap. But when Walter comes, it is a heightened respect...
...manifests and other records of the 50-odd ships plundered by the Whydah's captain before his ship sank, estimates that the loot still in the sand is worth $380 million more. It includes 500,000 to 750,000 silver coins, 10,000 lbs. of gold dust, a casket of "hen's-egg-size East Indian jewels" and some African ivory...
...guard attended the transfer of the Challenger coffins to the base mortuary, but no relatives of the crew were present. Most had been in Houston on Jan. 31 for the memorial service addressed by President Reagan. Each family now made its own arrangements to receive a crew member's casket...