Word: accountants
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mines that were underselling the large operators. The U.M.W. permitted a series of "sweetheart" contracts under which management and locals ignored sections of the national contract to keep mines in business and save jobs. But the sweethearts did not stop the growth of non-U.M.W. mines, which now account for about 50% of extracted coal; they only added to rank-and-file resentment...
Sadat concludes his autobiography with a brief account of his "sacred mission " to Jerusalem last November and his reflections on the U.S. role in bringing peace to the Middle East...
Sadat offers his account of several conversations with "my friend Henry"-former Secretary of State Kissinger. Among them were the post-cease-fire talks that led to the first Israeli-Egyptian Sinai accord, which was signed in January...
...Under fire, Hot Bottle Bill had stood his ground like a good 'un, manfully ensuring that the Parliamentary attacks were invariably answered by one of his junior colleagues, Mr. Basil Forbes (otherwise known as Errol the Peril, on account of his unpredictable imprudence...
...held Zevon's wages in escrow, in case of either dire need or sudden good fortune. Jackson Browne, who had got friendly with Zevon back in Hollywood, wrote him in care of the Dubliner Bar inviting him to return stateside and cut a record. Warren blew the escrow account to get halfway home; a gig in London with the Everly Brothers provided the final funding...