Word: mined
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this film, he is so hearty that all the dour faces in a waiting room break into responsive chuckles when he laughs; so tender that he can console the courtesan for the loss of her lovers, the English, French, Italian, and Russian generals; so defiant that after a mine he has attempted to open collapses, he shakes his fist at the obstinate mountain and vows to conquer it. And his delivery of the movie's unforgettable line is perfect. Earnest yet energetic, he says to the young Englishman beside him, "Boss, you've got everything--looks, brains.... But you need...
...when he had last been to a dentist, he replied: "I ain't never been." Another is Ray Martin, 18, who hails from "a holler" near Isom, Ky., where he lived with his widowed mother, six brothers and sisters. At six, Martin was gathering coal in an abandoned mine shaft to provide the family's fuel. At 16, he went to work in the mines as his family's chief wage earner. When Martin left home to travel to Catoctin Mountain, his mother told him: "Don't come back, son. There's nothing...
...will not be a popularity contest," he says. "He'll have to stand up and be counted on every issue. And I want to know-I want the people of Miami Beach to know-everything about him. I want to examine his record of public service against mine, his military record against mine, his domestic record, his children, his business activity. I'm going to compare everything in his life to my life. Mr. Roosevelt is not going to get away with generalizations...
...UNITED MINE WORKERS: Tony Boyle, 57, has a possible successor in Ray Lewis, 64, John L.'s youngest brother...
...second term in office.* Noting that Gronouski has promised overnight mail service throughout the U.S., Johnson joked: "I am for it. I would only point out that until that promise is fulfilled, I want the press to duly record that it is John Gronouski's promise, not mine. But if it does come to pass, it will be the record of the Johnson Administration...