to land, cover up, land sb in sth, dank, land you in jail, landed "a big one"!

We have a really FUN story for you today. One of our Facebook friends, Allen Lee Scott, saw this old black & white photo of Dr. Deming taken in 1951 onboard a boat named Dolphin. He recalled seeing a similar boat sign when he was child growing up in Morehead City, NC and decided to do some investigating. It turns out that the boat in Dr. Deming's photo belonged to a friend's father. It was a Marlin fishing boat, and the fish that Dr. Deming is holding is a mullet marlin bait fish. Unfortunately the boat is no longer in service but the color photos show it during the 1970's. Thank you so much for investigating this, Allen! It is such fun to know the background of the photo. I would like to think that later that day Dr. Deming and crew landed "a big one"!

Seeking Justice, Chinese Land in Secret Jails

This month, Wang Shixiang, a 48-year-old businessman from Heilongjong Province, came to Beijing to agitate for the prosecution of corrupt policemen. Instead, he was seized and confined to a dank room underneath the Juyuan Hotel with 40 other abducted petitioners.






Mr. Roh, who had prided himself on being a clean politician during his term from 2003 to 2008, was questioned for 10 hours on April 30 by state prosecutors over his alleged involvement in a corruption scandal that has already landed some of his relatives and aides in jail.

HCL Lands Reader's Digest Deal

HCL Technologies has signed a $350 million outsourcing contract with Reader's Digest Association of the U.S., the Indian tech company said.

to land, cover up, hardship

Facing Hardship, Jobless Still Say They Have Hope

By MICHAEL COOPER and ALLISON KOPICKI

A New York Times/CBS News poll found that despite enduring hardships and pessimism about the economy, unemployed Americans were optimistic about landing a job.

Arrest of UBS Trader Rattles Banks in Europe Kweku Adoboli traveled from Ghana to Israel to a Quaker boarding school before attending a leading university in Nottingham, England. After graduation, he landed a coveted job at UBS, the giant Swiss bank.
German archbishop says Church covered up sex abuse for decades


Google Building Browser Plug-In To Protect Consumer Privacy
Mediapost.com
by Laurie Sullivan, 6 minutes ago Google is working on a browser plug-in that allows consumers to block being counted when landing on a Web site that ...

cover up
1. Wrap up or enfold in order to protect. For example, Be sure to cover up the outdoor furniture in case of rain, or It's cold, so be sure to cover up the baby. [Late 1800s]
2. Conceal something, especially a crime, as in The opposition accused the President of covering up his assistant's suicide. [c. 1920]


land
n.

1. The solid ground of the earth.
2. 1. Ground or soil: tilled the land.
   2. A topographically or functionally distinct tract: desert land; prime building land.
3. 1. A nation; a country.
   2. The people of a nation, district, or region.
   3. lands Territorial possessions or property.
4. Public or private landed property; real estate.
5. Law.
   1. A tract that may be owned, together with everything growing or constructed on it.
   2. A landed estate.
6. 1. An agricultural or farming area: wanted to buy a house on the land.
   2. Farming considered as a way of life: "The 'back to the land movement' began a couple years ago at the peak of South Korea's economic development and has roots in environmentalism and Buddhist philosophy." (Michael Baker).
7. An area or realm: the land of make-believe; the land of television.
8. The raised portion of a grooved surface, as on a phonograph record.

v., land·ed, land·ing, lands. v.tr.

1. 1. To bring to and unload on land: land cargo.
   2. To set (a vehicle) down on land or another surface: land an airplane smoothly; land a seaplane on a lake.
2. Informal. To cause to arrive in a place or condition: Civil disobedience will land you in jail.
3. 1. To catch and pull in (a fish): landed a big catfish.
   2. Informal. To win; secure: land a big contract.
4. Informal. To deliver: landed a blow on his opponent's head.

v.intr.

1. 1. To come to shore: landed against the current with great difficulty.
   2. To disembark: landed at a crowded dock.
2. To descend toward and settle onto the ground or another surface: The helicopter has landed.
3. Informal. To arrive in a place or condition: landed at the theater too late for the opening curtain; landed in trouble for being late.
4. To come to rest in a certain way or place: slipped and landed on his shoulder.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

land (ACHIEVE)
verb [T]
to get or achieve something good, especially in a way which seems easy or unexpected:
He's just landed a senior editorial job with a men's magazine.



land sb in sth phrasal verb
to cause someone to be in a difficult situation:
Revealing confidential information to a rival company could land you in serious trouble with your boss.
The demonstration outside the embassy landed some of the protesters in jail overnight.
He landed himself in deep/hot water (= in a very difficult or unpleasant situation) by lying to the tax office about his earnings.


dank
adjective
(especially of buildings and air) wet, cold and unpleasant:
a dank, dark cellar
In the cathedral vaults the air was dank and stale.

dankness
noun [U]