Word: underground
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...islands had a special character of their own. On St. Joseph were the solitary underground cells for the incos (incor-rigibles)-concrete tombs with openings at the top for the guards to spy through. On Royale stood the notorious Crimson Barracks, so named because of the killings that took place after the guards bolted the great iron door at 6 each evening. And on Devil's Island were the lonely huts of the political prisoners, in one of which Captain Alfred Dreyfus spent four years...
...Underground for Survival. The Mandaeans, markedly taller and fairer than the swarthy Arabs of Iraq, sometimes identify themselves in their broken English as "John Baptist Christians." But the suggestion that they are some kind of primitive Christian sect with a special reverence for John the Baptist is false-and deliberately so. The Mandaeans are neither Moslems, nor Jews, nor Christians...
They have long been known in the Middle Eastern world-the Koran lists them with the Christians and Jews as worthy of special consideration. And they have survived the bloody centuries partly because of their exclusive faith and their horror of conflict, partly by going underground. "If persecuted," instructs a Mandaean text, "say, 'We belong to you.' But do not confess him in your hearts, or deny the voice of your Master, the high King of Light." The Christian Demons. Together with the King of Light, the Mandaeans worship the Great Life, which takes the form...
...Journey to the Center of the Earth, based on Jules Verne's novel, follows James Mason as he descends into an extinct volcano in Iceland, spends almost a year underground with such companions as Plucky Youth Pat Boone and Beautiful Widow Arlene Dahl, is coughed back up through the crater of Mount Stromboli. A grandly entertaining spoof...
...Journey to the Center of the Earth (from Jules Verne's novel) follows James Mason as he descends into an extinct volcano in Iceland, spends almost a year underground with such companions as Plucky Youth Pat Boone and Beautiful Widow Arlene Dahl, is coughed back up through the crater of Mount Stromboli. A grandly entertaining spoof...