Word: sunken
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...were stripped naked and "cross bound" (the right thumb being tied to the left toe, and the left thumb to the right toe), whereupon they were thrown into water, and sank if innocent. British humanitarian, Archbishop Hincmar, dates from the ninth century the notable reform of a rope whereby sunken innocents were sometimes dragged out before they drowned...
...sunken S-4 "lost" during the rough weather that prevented diving, causing further delay until the wreck was found again and rebouyed...
...divested of his U. S. bullet-proof waistcoat and led out to meet his death. He presented a strange appearance -this onetime truculent "El Hombre Sin Vicios" ("The Man Without Vices"). Gone were his Kaiser-like mustachios-he had shaved them off to prevent recognition. His cheeks were sunken and his clothes literally hung on his torso; for in his hunted life in the mountains he had suffered the privations of cold and hunger...
...much more, can be averted by building an $8,000,000 dam to store flood waters on the Chagres River; 2) the sea-level canal would be no easier to defend in war-time than the Panama locks since the narrow sea-level channel could be blocked by one sunken ship. "Routine business" over, many of the engineers left Denver for Colorado Springs and recreation. Others traveled west instead of south, to see something up in the Rockies, something which made Denver a most appropriate spot for this year's convention-an engineering project of magnitude and importance second...
...John F. McGill suggested his Napa valley estate, airmailed his invitation and a folio showing panoramic views of the estate, interiors of his residence. Inducements: Six master's bedrooms, five baths, cherry orchard, model farm, $200,000 home, sunken gardens, terraced lawns, fountains of imported marble, 17 rooms, 2,000 acres. Location: Napa Valley, northern California...