Word: calling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...office of President and the responsibilities of the U.S. call for a man who understands power-how to use it and how to deal with others who wield...
With a wh-o-o-o-sh!the air hose sucks up and implants the charge, millions of ammonium nitrate pebbles soaked with fuel oil from a black cauldron near by. "We call 'em 'prills,' " Burns says, emptying another sack of the explosive powder into the cauldron. The prills look like a pile of granulated soap particles and feel rather like raw tapioca...
...alternative to working on a contract team is to hire out at a flat $7.50 an hour in support jobs like motorman or cage operator. Adds Burns: "If you're going to mine gold, you might as well make money at it." Aberle agrees. But as they call it a day after 7½ hrs. underground and start on the regular 40-min. commute upward to the surface, he ponders some roads not taken. Says he: "And I always wanted to be a wilderness guide...
...That's what I call leadership," she said. All she has to do is convince the nation...
...year. The House first passed the mea sure, 156 to 64, using a parliamentary procedure that kept individual members' votes from being recorded, thus preventing constituents back home from learning which Congressmen supported the raise and which ones opposed it Later, pay-raise opponents forced a roll call, which required that a record be made of how each member voted. Asked Republican Representative Gerald Solomon of New York: "Does anyone in the House believe that we collectively deserve a raise?" Many members obviously did from the earlier vote, but not enough were willing to say so in public...