Word: mine
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lattimore once more lashed out against "such vengeful harassment as I have been subjected to for three years." He added: "All that I can do is, in the words of a namesake of mine, to 'be of good comfort and play...
...Army had bad news for Chinese commanders in Korea. Within a month, Eighth Army G.I.s will have a new weapon against "human sea" attacks - the 4½-oz. M14 anti-personnel mine. The M14's vest-pocket size (diameter: 2½ in.; depth: i½ in.) and its inconspicuous color (khaki) will make the laying of invisible minefields quick and easy. Its plastic case safeguards it from discovery by mine detectors. The miniature mine's capacity for destruction is limited-it is unlikely to do serious damage to a vehicle-but Army tests indicate that it has enough...
...great salt mountain of Zipaquira, 31 miles north of Bogotá, has been mined for 400 years and still looks good for 1,000 more. On working days, the mine is a clangorous labyrinth where dynamite blasts are fired, power shovels snort, trucks rumble along black,*glittering galleries as high as five-story houses. This week the mine was silent as the miners observed the holidays. But on Christmas Eve, they would troop back to the hillside entrances with their families, and plod 2,600 ft. down into the mountain. There, for the first time, they were to hear Father...
...natural development of the mine formed most of the church. Over the years, three narrow tunnels. 70 ft. high, were driven parallel to each other for 500 ft. Eight short cross-tunnels of the same height were then driven at right angles to the main shafts. The result: a central nave lined with two rows of eight huge columns, and flanked by an aisle on each side. The vaulted appearance, where the arched tunnels crossed, readily suggested a cathedral to many visitors. The idea took hold, and three years ago the Bank of the Republic, which operates the Zipaquira mines...
...hatful of sponsors (Pillsbury flour, Green Giant peas, Kellogg cereals, Lever Bros, soaps, Mars candy bars) pay him more than $350,000 a year, which is enough to let Art indulge his favorite hobby: investments. "I love business," he says. He owns all or part of a Colorado lead mine, a Mexican magnesium plant, nine producing oil wells in Oklahoma and Texas, a low-voltage wiring company, a modeling school, a roller-skating arena, a gas well and a batch of California apartments. The only shadow on his contentment is cast by certain radio & TV critics who, Art' complains...