Word: hunts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...riches, Hunt, a tall figure with a crown of wispy white hair and heavy-lidded, milky blue eyes, was widely known as a slow man with a dollar...
...Confederate veteran of the Civil War, Hunt was born on a farm in Ramsey, Ill. He left school early and for several years roamed- the country as a cowboy, mule skinner and lumberjack. In 1921 Hunt turned up in El Dorado, Ark., just after oil had been discovered. One story is that he won his first oil well in a game of five-card stud...
...Hunt moved into the big leagues; he struck a hard bargain with legendary Wildcatter Columbus ("Dad") Joiner, an amiable man with a poor head for figures, and gained control of a vast newly discovered oilfield in East Texas. From then on Hunt expanded his business interests to include pecan growing, asphalt production and H.L.H. products, which marketed a big line of food items. At one point it was estimated that he personally earned $1 million a week...
Right-Winger. In the early 1950s Hunt emerged as one of the nation's most controversial champions of right-whig causes. He was convinced that Communists, socialists and liberals (he made no distinction between them) were out to bring down the nation. Hunt was an ardent supporter of Red-Baiting Senator Joseph McCarthy; he was willing to accept the enormous tax breaks of the oil-depletion allowance but opposed spending for public welfare. He spent millions to propound his views through radio programs and published a book, Alpaca, outlining his version of the perfect national constitution. Among other things...
Although the 95,000 islanders no longer eat "long pig"-the name their cannibalistic ancestors gave to human flesh-many of them are still rather remote from modern times. Tribes in some areas still use stone tools and hunt with bows and arrows. On Pentecost island, the favorite sport is free-fall diving from a 100-ft. tower to the jungle floor-with only a trailing vine tied to the ankles to break the fall a few inches from the ground...