Word: coaling
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...haunted mansion but a series of four cottages in a sylvan courtyard that he and actress Helena Bonham Carter, his girlfriend and the mother of their new son, lovingly renovated into a single cozy home. It is the kind of place Hansel and Gretel would run to. Inside, a coal fire hisses softly, and Burton, in clothes of muted color, but color nonetheless, sock-slides his way across the wood floor and into his study, where he flops with charming gracelessness onto a red velvet couch. He is as brooding as a Muppet. "People really know me know that...
Charleroi, a grimy, working-class town in southwest Belgium, was big in the Industrial Revolution. Its mines once churned out 10 million tons of coal a year. All that's left of that heyday are 62 slag heaps. Even covered in grass, they're not what you'd call a tourist attraction. Yet approximately 2 million people a year come to this forgettable place - thanks to a revolution in Europe's airline industry. In 2000, Irish discount flyer Ryanair agreed to make an international hub of Charleroi's airport, when the town shaved standard landing charges from...
...Number of Russian coal miners rescued after spending six days trapped underground. Mining accidents caused 68 deaths in Russia...
...Number of Chinese coal miners killed last week near Chongqing. Mining accidents in China have killed at least 4,620 this year...
...Work. These two words actually knew each other in the roaring '90s, when companies had to pile on the good times to attract and keep the best workers. But in our postbubble corporate coal mines, fun is a memory. Nearly 3 million workers have lost jobs, and the rest of us are nervously glancing over our shoulder in the midst of 60-hour workweeks...