Word: waterproofed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Once they were brothers in arms, but that was in another time and another place, back when Julian Bond and John Lewis were in Selma together for the march to Montgomery, back when they drove the rural roads of the South together, registering voters in towns like Waterproof, La., and Belzoni, Miss. Now, though their paths cross almost every day, the two men barely speak. It has been that way since they sat down for lunch last autumn at a Marriott Hotel in Atlanta. "Well, Mr. Senator, what are you going to do?" Lewis asked his friend, the state senator...
...West Germany collected the matériel, erased all the U.S. markings, then sent it to a CIA installation near Stuttgart. There the mines were wrapped in special shock-absorbent material and packed in lightweight, waterproof, steel shipping boxes. The crates were stuffed with telephone wires and batteries; their contents were described as telephone equipment for a religious organization...
Somewhere in the Sea of Japan, just off Sakhalin island, is a "black box"-its actual color is orange-from Korean Air Lines Flight 007. The flight data inside would probably answer some of the questions about how and why the wayward aircraft met its fate. The waterproof container is heavily reinforced to survive impact and ocean depths down to 20,000 ft. For 30 days it will automatically emit a sonar signal that can be heard for up to five miles under water. Many of these boxes have been recovered in the past, but if the one from...
...when he wants to catch fish, he makes awa' for Iceland." In fact, the Prince of Wales did better than most other anglers this year when he landed one salmon in only five days of fishing. On average, fishermen have had to spend 18 days in their waterproof wading gear this year before catching a single salmon...
Maureen has always worked hard, Frank Lloyd, her last high school coach, recalls than when Maureen broke her leg, doctors "fitted her with a waterproof cast, and she trained with it. By the time they look it off, she had built up so much strength in her leg that she dropped her time by 20 seconds," he says...