Word: mined
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...offered some thoughts about presidential tenure. "I have long felt that something on the order of ten years is an appropriate term for the president of a university," he explained. "One cannot arrange his pace so that he will last indefinitely, if he wishes to be effective. I set mine, have followed it, and find that the results have been about what I had expected." His plans, he said, are indefinite except for one thing: he will not accept the presidency of any other university...
...housewife. These girls are in school, and they're the queens of the world. Then they get married, and they have problems, and they say it's not fair. Self-pity is the most common but the meanest trait there is. Of course, as a friend of mine says, if you don't pity yourself, who will...
Five months ago Ukrainian coal mine No. 9 near Lvov was cut loose from the tentacles of Soviet planning and made a test case. The test was the first application to heavy industry in Russia of Professor Evsei Liberman's Western-style theories of profit guidelines and greater autonomy for factory managers-theories that are already proving their superiority over Marxist regimentation in the Soviet consumer-goods sector (TIME cover...
...under Libermanism. Daily coal production soared to 2,041 tons, a 33% increase over the expected 1,520 tons. Earnings rose, wage costs were reduced even as workers got bigger bonuses out of their one-half share in profits. Izvestia seemed almost beside itself with joy: "The mine made a powerful dash forward such as even the warmest supporters of the experiment hadn't dreamed...
Another Round to So. At week's end sniper fire again echoed through La Paz. The death toll was close to 100 in the five days of fighting, and the junta was threatening an all-out offensive against the mines unless the unions agree to abide by Barrientos' reforms. "We are going to solve the mine problem," said Barrientos, "even if the methods cannot be popular. Sending armed forces into communities in Bolivia is nothing extraordinary. The military is the legal instrument of the government...