Word: mined
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ernest W. Barnes of Birmingham. Without beating about the bush, Dr. Fisher declared: "If his views were mine, I should not feel that I could still hold episcopal office in the Church. ... I am shocked...
More than half of Europe's coal was hauled up from the mine-shafts of the Ruhr before the war, and Germany dominated Europe as a result. The Big Three recognized this when they met at Potsdam in August, 1945 and planned to refuel the European industrial machine with German coal. Heavy industry no longer would threaten Europe under the Potsdam proposals, for Allied nations had first call on Ruhr coal and would receive in addition 1,557 factories in reparations. Germany was to receive food in return for the coal and could maintain a not-too-proud existence...
Grounds for Hope. Now, I devoutly hope that this view of mine may prove to be correct. But the United States and the Western democracies of Europe will fail to profit by the hard experiences they have undergone if they did not take every measure of prudent defensive preparation which is open to them. While taking all the necessary steps and above all maintaining a solid front, we should not, however, be hasty in abandoning our hope in the United Nations Organization. It may be that the Soviet Government and their Communist fifth columns in so many countries will...
...answered a syncopated summons from Hollywood. He arrived on the Coast amidst expectant huzzahs. But soon he was weighed in Hollywood's inexplicable scales, and found wanting. One M-G-Mogul passed the verdict around commissaries and conference rooms: "Oscar is a very dear friend of mine, but he can't write...
...takes Juan four hours a day to get to & from his work, which is sometimes as much as five miles out under the ocean. The tunnels are hot and humid. In the big Lota mine, there have been 8,151 accidents and 38 deaths in the past 20 months...