It may look peaceful, but its glassy surface conceals abandoned temples and villages flooded when the government created a dam nearby.
In the affidavits supporting the search warrants in the federal investigation, for example, agents invoke a 1961 Thai law, the Act on Ancient Monuments, Antiques, Objects of Art and National Museums, stating that "buried, concealed, or abandoned" objects are "state property" and cannot legally be removed from Thailand without an official license.
In essence hacking New York City's infrastructure, the 'gallery' is a completely-illegal subterranean street art installation in a carefully-concealed abandoned NYC subway station, showcasing 103 murals from an international roster of artists.
Activists say the government's failure to find alternate sites has meant rampant illegal dumping under highway overpasses, in abandoned lots or concealed in country roads.
To save time, Hambleton passed through the abandoned village that concealed the guns which shot down his would-be rescuers.
Ravel's "La Valse," however, danced with a gloriously dizzy abandon that concealed an immaculately controlled ensemble effort.
The first indication that he was ready to kick over the traces came on the morning after the battle, when he abandoned any attempt to conceal from some of us reporters the extent of the debacle & his anger over it.
If there's a crowd, one person is certain to be concealing a sadness, another will have abandoned a dream, at least one will be a special agent for his own cause.
Twice cursed, Ms. Bub was adopted by a financially generous American woman who beat her, made her conceal her Vietnamese heritage and, finally, abandoned her outright while she was still in college.
The first indication that he was ready to kick over the traces came on the morning after the battle, when he abandoned any attempt to conceal from some of us reporters the extent of the debacle & his anger over it..
As for the severed head, Perseus does not abandon it but carries it concealed in a bag.
