Word: golds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...suggested a similar approach for the Titanic. But raising the 418-ton Greenpeace ship from a shallow harbor is one thing, rescuing the 46,328-ton Titanic from 2 1/2 miles of ocean quite another. Says Keith Jessop, the Yorkshire diver who in 1981 salvaged $80 million in gold bullion from the World War II battleship H.M.S. Edinburgh: "You can't even speak of them in the same breath...
Many geologists remain skeptical of Gold's theory. Says one official of a major oil corporation: "You'd have trouble convincing my company to put money into a project like this." They may regret doubting Thomas: six test bores 1,500 ft. to 2,000 ft. deep have been drilled into the Siljan area, and though Sweden is not thought to sit atop typical petroleum sediments, all six have shown traces of hydrocarbons...
...Gerhard de Kock, flew to Europe and the U.S. to try to convince bankers that South Africa remains a sound investment. But his efforts were made more difficult by the crescendo of unrest at home. The black National Union of Mineworkers was threatening to call a strike at several gold mines this week, which would deal a further blow to the country's troubled economy and create yet another area of potential strife...
...miners go on strike. In recent negotiations, some of the mining companies have come close to agreeing to the black union's demand for an across-the-board 22% wage increase, while others have not. At week's end a strike was due to begin Sunday night at five gold mines and two coal mines employing a total of 60,000 black miners. In the past such walkouts have led to the firing of large numbers of striking workers...
...triumph. In fact, it was not unusual for a child to have five, six or seven cavities at a time, and just as many the following year. Tooth decay was a perennial national problem that meant a mouthful of silver for patients, and for dentists a pocketful of gold...