Word: sank
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...been accused of engineering a bold scheme in which he loaded the 12,000-ton Panama- registered Lucona with scrap metal, insured the cargo for $18.5 million as "nuclear processing equipment," then had the ship blown up after it set sail from Italy. Six people died when the vessel sank off the Maldive Islands in January...
...with their stories of what really happened on the battlefield, Saddam's claims of a glorious victory will be further undermined. "There will be a lot of opposition to Saddam inside Iraq," observes Jamal Sha'ir, a former Jordanian Cabinet minister. "People will feel, 'You are the one who sank us. You can't be the one to correct things...
...point out that multiyear droughts have occurred often over the centuries. The 1928-34 drought lasted even longer than this one. Astrologers, not always disdained in California, say that with Saturn moving toward Aquarius, the skies will begin to open. Drenching rains lashed Northern California last week but probably sank straight into cracked ground rather than running into rivers and lakes. Relief almost certainly will not come soon. Even if the rainy season were average, it would not return many reservoirs to normal levels. In any case, an average season would require 40 in. of rain between...
Protected by a web of friends, the Jenkins family spoke to no outsiders during the week following Thom's death. When they finally did, it was to reminisce for several hours as the warm winter sun sank behind the mountains. They shed no tears, but rather smiled and even laughed as the memories poured forth. Though pain seemed to burn in their eyes, the healing had begun...
...Treasury remained silent on the most pressing issue confronting banks: how to replenish the nearly broke Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation fund, which insures accounts. The beleaguered fund sank to a record low $8.5 billion after 169 banks failed last year. Without fresh cash, it could go bust by the end of 1991 if the current recession lasts all year. The Treasury left the details of rescuing the fund up to the FDIC and the banking industry. FDIC Chairman William Seidman later said that to rescue the fund, the agency might raise banks' insurance premiums 20% to 30% as of June...