Word: footlong
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...precious metals, a team of divers six months ago reached the 8,524-ton Russian cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, in 314 ft. of water 5.5 miles off Tsushima Island, in an area between South Korea and Japan that lies well within Japanese territorial waters. They surfaced with a dull silver, footlong, 22-lb. ingot bearing Cyrillic markings. Said Salvage Chief Katsumi Uchinai as he displayed the bar before a packed Tokyo press conference: "At long last we have uncovered the treasure...
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