Word: mined
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...seems strange that archaeologists, so careful of forgotten dwellings, should be so careless of living customs. Unless vigorous measures are taken, the last theme of adventure stories will disappear, for picturesque superstition threatens to follow romantic conflict in to oblivion. When Sabatini's buccaneering mine is exhausted, romancers of the old school will have nothing to write about...
Then both sides retired from Philadelphia, the scene of negotiations, and reopened their "propaganda works." The mine leaders arranged mass meetings to strengthen the morale of their followers. The operators turned to print and ink to try to induce the miners to repudiate their leaders...
...thought, and went to sleep again till 11 o'clock. . . . Some minx started the rumor that Patou had given me $1,000 worth of clothes. When reporters asked him about it he said: "You know I never gave anything away in my life." A good friend of mine, that little...
...work of the Red Cross in peace times consists of aiding disabled veterans of the World War and sending immediate relief in cases of disaster or emergency. During the last year vital aid was given in 90 catastrophes ranging from tornado and fire to mine explosion and earthquake. The peace time purpose of this organization is given in the Congressional Chapter; "To continue and carry on a system of national and international relief in time of peace and to apply the same in mitigating the suffering caused by pestilence, famine, fire, floods and other great national calamities, and to devise...
...scale relating wages and prices would suit the operators better, but the miners would still fear secret intrigue. With all its defects, the first proposal of the miners is the clearest of all the plans. It requires arbitration of and publicity for all the conditions of the industry, from mine to market,--including wages, prices, and profits. But the machinery needed for such an undertaking would have to be built with an impartiality and care not universal among industrial negotiators...