Word: seal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...result, pressure in the tanks was mounting. The worker tried to manually operate the mechanisms that were supposed to relieve the pressure, but it had already gone too high. He alerted his supervisor, and four colleagues donned gas masks and hurried to the scene. They too were unable to seal the tank; by then, all systems had failed...
...hostage in Lebanon: U.S. Diplomat William Buckley, first secretary of the embassy's political section; Cable News Network Correspondent Jeremy Levin; and Presbyterian Minister Benjamin Weir. Last week a fourth American disappeared: Peter Kilburn, a librarian at Beirut's American University. A retaliatory raid in Lebanon might seal their fate...
...delicate double-handled Greek cup, similar to those made between 1400 and 1350 B.C., and the copper ingots, with their characteristic handles, which resemble one drawn on an Egyptian tomb at Thebes dating from 1350 B.C. The nationality of the vessel is suggested by the discovery of a miniature seal, no larger than a button, with markings similar to those used by the Greek merchants who dominated the ancient Mediterranean trade routes. Bass speculates that the ill-starred voyage had picked up tin in Syria and sailed west to acquire copper in Cyprus before heading for either Greece or Turkey...
...Radcliffe women have been receiving Harvard degrees that bear the Radcliffe seal and are countersigned by the president of Radcliffe since...
...together so-called jumbo syndicates for loans to developing countries. Some bankers were so afraid of missing out that during lunch hours they even empowered their secretaries to promise $5 million or $10 million as part of any billion-dollar loan package for Brazil or Mexico. To seal and celebrate big deals, bankers staged signing ceremonies, complete with champagne and caviar, in opulent settings, some times a British castle or a mansion in Newport...