Word: mined
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...David, 27, with a pistol. Demanding 2,000,000 francs ($360,000) to spare David's life, the nervous gunman forced the young heir to call his father, Rothschild Bank President Baron Guy de Rothschild, for the ransom. No sooner said than done. "In a situation like mine, you know, with all the contacts you have, it is not hard to find a big sum," David later explained. When Baron Guy arrived to pay off in person, Stadnik commandeered the bank's chauffeured car and made a dramatic getaway run. But alerted police moved in at a stoplight...
...Majesty's a pretty nice girl But she doesn't have a lot to say, Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl. . . Someday I'm gonna make her mine, oh, yeah, Some day I'm gonna make her mine...
...When President Kennedy was assassinated, King quietly told his wife, "This is what is going to happen to me." She recalls, "I could not say 'It won't happen to you.' I felt he was right. I moved closer to him and gripped his hand in mine...
...serve on a White House panel on the subject. Shortly afterward there was an exhaustive report on the threat of "brown lung" for workers in textile mills-a report that surprised many public interest workers who thought themselves progressive to keep up with the "black lung" fight against coal mine owners...
...pressure on a number of his old enemies: the titans of Detroit who-Nader said-were still dragging their feet on auto safety: the Agriculture Department's meat inspectors, who didn't seem to be trying hard enough to keep the rotten carcasses out of the stores: the United Mine Workers leadership, which cared more about keeping up good relations with the mine owners than in fighting for tougher mine safety laws. To cover anyone who might feel left out. Nader directed more than 100 students ("Nader's Raiders" in the Washington parlance) who spent the summer investigating several government...