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Word: timsah (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Today the only ships in the canal are 15 vessels, which have been trapped in the Suez ever since the fighting broke out 30 months ago. One, the American freighter Observer, sits alone in Lake Timsah, 49 miles south of Port Said. The 14 others are bunched together in the Great Bitter Lake. Skeleton crews, who are rotated every three months, maintain the vessels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Suez Canal's Bleak Centennial | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

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