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Word: vault (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first iron-barred door was easy to breach; the second, a bulky steel safe door with multiple locks, had to be burned through. Police discovered tangerine peels on the floor by the gates, left there by the burglars, who snacked as they spent hours scorching their way into the vault with acetylene torches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain: Holiday Heist | 1/10/1983 | See Source »

...first to note the resemblance. "This must be what God looks like," Blanda said. Bryant's face is brown and as rutted as the erosion of a dried-up riverbed. Under his Henry Higgins hat, the fire in his eyes could burn a hole in a vault. The twinkle in them can melt a (recruit's) mother's heart. George Wallace always expressed lavish gratitude that Bryant never ran against him for Governor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Not Your Average Bear | 12/27/1982 | See Source »

...Army, New some, 3. H, Schuler; High Jump--1. H, Henry, 6 it. 8 in., 2. Army, Champion 3. H, Boyd; Long Jump--1. Army, Kulick 7.1m, 2. H, Udo, 3. Army, Teller; Triple Jump--1. H, Udo, 14.50m, 2. H, Halt, 3. H, Henry; Pole Vault 1. Army, Hawley 15 ft. 6 in 2. Army, Williams, 3.H, Burtile 1500m--1. Army, C. Williams 2. Army, Mozina 3. Army, P. Wilsons; High Hurdice 1. H, EzejiOhoye 3. H, Herbertch; 400m--1. Army, Anderson 2. H, Jones, 3. Army, Babers 500m--1. Army, Maberry...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Army Upsets Crimson Thinclads, 79-57 | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

...offer is accepted, the firm will have to install a computer-controlled file locator system and conveyor belts throughout the tunnels in order to turn them into a vault. Cost: an estimated $2million. Despite those expenses, subterranean storage is expected to cost only $1 per sq. ft., compared with up to $50 per sq. ft. for aboveground space...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dividends: Hole in the Ground Inc. | 10/25/1982 | See Source »

Weighing in at 11 Ibs., the solid-gold trophy, worth $4 million and resting safely in a Madrid bank vault, is not really a cup at all. Whoever wins it on July 11 at the long-awaited final game will have to swig the celebratory champagne straight from the bottle. No matter. Two years of elimination matches among 107 nations have left only 24 survivors, including sentimental favorite and host Spain, and defending champion Argentina, to settle Mundial '82: soccer's global championship. And for more fans around the world than watch almost any other organized activity, professional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Le Mundial des Surprises! | 7/5/1982 | See Source »

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