Word: mined
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers, secured the passage of a resolution condemning Warren S. Stone, President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, for failing to renew a wage agreement with the United Mine Workers at coal mines owned by the Coal River Collieries, of which Mr. Stone is Chairman of the Board of Directors...
...When I was young, I decided to make dinners my recreation. Speaking was very easy to me. Every man has his forte; and I suppose that is mine...
...Perhaps they were drowned by the roar of the river of blood which separates your generation from mine. For you, the fall of Mussolini would represent a mere change of government. For us, it would represent the end of a dream, the dying out of a hope, the defeat of youth and the destruction of the very reason for our existence...
...leading roles in these Pacific problems that will present themselves. Japan has the strategic position of the East. The West cannot deny it. Today in Japan there is taking place a tremendous conflict or social forces which should be studied with great care by Americans. If your nation and mine are to play the lead in international affairs, in years to come, we must make an effort to understand each other, to thrash out our common problems. The Japanese are passionately desirous of becoming acquainted with America and Americans. Witness the number of students we are sending...
...into the evil ways of most antiquarians but kept the old masterpiece so free from all modern renovations that the young bloods who go to see it this week will understand why it played to record houses for 1400 consecutive nights, a run which far outstripped the present gold mine, "Abbie's Irish Rose...