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Word: riverward (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1952-1952
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...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: A Fistful of Louis | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

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