Word: caving
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...least eleven states have effectively banned shooting coal from the solid, and such a prohibition by the Federal Government might be the only way to stop the rise in deaths from blasting accidents. Other dangers, from cave-ins to methane explosions, would remain...
Life is tough for the Ulam tribe these days (80,000 B.C.). Their cave is under attack from the Wagaboo, a few rungs down the evolutionary ladder and plenty fierce. Worst of all, the Wagaboo steal the Ulam fire-the mysterious element that keeps them warm, broils their food and acts as an invader repellent. So three of the Ulam prepare to cross what will become Western Europe in search of their elusive prerequisite. Upon their departure, exotic birds soar overhead in salute. The camera eye grows misty in reverence. Philippe Sarde's heavenly choir surges into oratorio orgasm...
Sugilite has been found in Japan and India, but only in small deposits that were not of gem quality. In August 1980, workers in a manganese mine in South Africa first discovered a vein of purple stone after a cave-in. They smuggled the stone out in their lunch pails, and from there samples were brought to the U.S. Phoenix Jeweler Randy Polk saw them, and traveled to South Africa. Polk went from house to house in the dusty interior town of Hotazel, negotiating with the miners to buy the stones. He now owns nearly 100 lbs., or half...
...cases did not represent a cave-in to business. In the AT&T settlement, the Government basically won its case. The final agreement was very close to what the Justice Department has been seeking all along. When asked at a press conference precisely how the settlement differed from what the Justice Department had been demanding, Baxter, a soft-spoken former Stanford University law professor, hesitated. Then AT&T Chairman Charles Brown, who was standing next to him on the podium, leaned to the microphone and declared, "I will answer that for Mr. Baxter. It is exactly what the Government wanted...
...carpenter's strike halted all work on the project for 45 days in early summer, until contractors agreed to raise wages by $5.60 per hour. One worker helping build the Porter Square station of the new route was killed in a cave-in just weeks after construction resumed...