Word: riverward
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Portia stumbled out of the doorway and riverward with a shudder. Through the crowd of tennis racquets. sweat socks, low leers and pared fingernails, she plowed to the Charles. And, stepping lightly to avoid the couples seeking those several stolen seconds, she advanced to the banks and squatted to reflect on the floating refuge and the distant sails...
...maque treasure. Anything they find must be split 50-50 with the government. They hope the brig will yield 25 billion francs. Wasn't that estimate a little high? the engineer in charge was asked. He shrugged his shoulders and stared riverward with a look peculiar to dedicated treasure hunters. "If we find just 200,000 gold francs, we break even," he said. "All the rest will be clear profit...
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