Word: mined
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...method of communication that does not include illustration." He leaves actors alone, but "they can show me anything." He never comments on a character, instead draws out a motivation from the actor. "I do not believe actors are children or dumb. They are complex people with sensibilities equal to mine in a different direction." Says Geraldine Fitzgerald, whose appearance in Ah, Wilderness! is one of several she has made with the company: "He reminds me of Max Reinhardt, with whom I worked in Sons and Soldiers in 1943. For both of them, the theater is acting. Arvin never puts down...
...came to national fame when Pennsylvania named him special prosecutor to investigate the murders of Insurgent Mine Workers Leader Joseph Yablonski and members of his family. Sprague cracked the case by doggedly pressuring defendant after defendant until he had convicted everyone in the conspiracy, all the way up to U.M.W. President Tony Boyle. It was an extraordinary achievement that prosecutors will discuss for years to come. But now Sprague is out of a job. He has been suddenly and angrily fired...
There was one hopeful job development: members of the United Mine Workers voted to accept a contract that will raise wages and benefits 54% over the next three years. The end of their 24-day strike will avert many layoffs in coal-using industries. But enough workers are being furloughed anyway to keep unemployment climbing. Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, now predicts that the unemployment rate will peak at "something over 7%" next summer...
...your statement that government appointees were considered "disappointingly" conservative, that's your opinion. Mine is: thank God, they are refreshingly conservative...
...Detachment of Women because that's what the movie audiences want to see. They also broadcast folk songs and instrumental music. When we met them the playwright was working on a play about coal miners, so he was spending most of his time in a nearby mine. "Of course I do take part in some collective labor," he said, "but mostly I'm chatting with the miners and collecting notes...