Word: underground
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...Cramps' biggest album was 1980's Songs the Lord Taught Us, which, despite its underground popularity, proved that the Lord hadn't taught them much at all. But what the band lacked in musical skill it made up for with absurdist humor and attitude. Most of that emanated from gender-bent front man Lux Interior, who died on Feb. 4 in Glendale, Calif...
...After India detonated underground nuclear bombs in 1974, Khan sent word to Pakistan's leader, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, offering to help Pakistan build its own nuclear program. While working at a Dutch company where he had high security clearance, Khan had copied and photographed nuclear designs, which he brought back to Pakistan...
...When Pakistan detonated a series of underground nuclear bombs in 1998, Khan was hailed as a hero - India already had nuclear weapons and Pakistan's acquisition was seen as leveling a contentious playing field. Khan's portrait was painted on buses and he was awarded the Hilal-e-Imtiaz medal, which honors Pakistanis of outstanding achievement...
...threads of commerce and supplies leading into Gaza. "If Israel keeps the borders sealed off, we'll keep digging, and only Allah can stop us. Let the Israelis drop their bombs. Without the tunnels, we can't survive anyway," says Aymad. "And if a bomb catches me underground, well, they won't have to dig my grave...
...news for the thousands of tourists who flock to Potosi each to see the Salar's sprawling white desert and sleep in a hotel made entirely of salt. Lithium is found in the water in the area, but instead of unsightly pipelines, the lithium-mining process will use hidden underground ones to siphon the water from below the Salar's surface to extract the lithium carbonate...