And in 1989 he had gone to look at one of the Beinecke's two copies of William Hubbard's "A Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians" and had seen that its map, the John Foster map printed in Boston in 1677 — the same map that was found, sixteen years later, in facsimile, in Smiley's briefcase — was missing.
Inside was the missing briefcase with all the papers.
His briefcase, which contained classified material, was missing.
The missing manuscript, and the briefcase, were never found.
While waiting for his connection, however, his briefcase, with the precious manuscript inside, went missing.
Today, Regain man is so worn out that, on leaving the house in the morning, he fills the dustbin with his briefcase rather than the household rubbish, and then falls asleep on the train, almost missing his stop.The new humility is appreciated.
Plaintiffs' lawyers in expensive suits came and went with claims of botched operations and missed diagnoses in their briefcases.
Either I could bail you out now... Yes, YES, let's go! Or... (as I reached into my briefcase and pulled out some papers)... you can take the midterm exam you missed last week.
Then, as he started to examine my briefcase, the inspector said: "Miss, never mind about your suitcase.
Kewauna tells Tough, "I always wanted to be one of those business ladies walking downtown with my briefcase, everybody saying, 'Hi, Miss Lerma!' " Here, as throughout the book, Tough nimbly combines his own reporting with the findings of scientists.
