Word: rotted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...islands the thick walls became mildewed and pocked, the plank beds began to rot, and rust spread slowly over the huge locks and chains. Last week the deserted colony was put up for public auction. It was one of a number of "chattels"-a dry canal, 15 coast guard stations, five silos, two restaurants, two sand dunes, 43 prisons-that the French government is eager to get rid of, and in this case, anxious to forget...
Last week the Royal Laotian Cabinet announced confidently that the King's funeral will take place next October. But before then, the King's tree must be found. As always, it will be a rare sandalwood tree of the first quality, free of rot, and large enough so that it can be hollowed out to take the body of the King in a sitting position. The Minister of Cults has already summoned the nation's provincial governors. In turn, the governors summoned the district and village chiefs. Thus the word was passed to the most remote Laotian...