Word: mined
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prohibited immigrant" and given 2½ hours to leave the country. At first Miller went into hiding to keep the same thing from happening to him; after a month underground he left the country for London. After Saul's expulsion, Kenyatta, in an apparent reference to the ruby mine, publicly declared that no foreigner should be allowed to exploit Kenya's resources for his own private benefit. That is, no doubt, a valid general principle. But in this case it seems that the wealth of the mine is intended for private pockets, not the public welfare. With...
...Ambassador Anthony D. Marshall has protested the highhanded treatment of the two Americans. Meanwhile, Saul and Miller are suing in Kenyan courts for recovery of their ruby mine. Few, however, believe that the case will be decided in the Americans' favor. Kenya is sticking to its claim that Saul was expelled because of gemstone and ivory smuggling...
...which tends to discredit the image of Kenya abroad." Kenya is a one-party state, and President Kenyatta has already been declared re-elected to another five-year term for lack of opposition. Still, in the parliamentary elections next week, publicity about high-level hanky-panky over the ruby mine could tarnish the government's reputation in the eyes of Kenya's 12 million people...
Gierek is unique among Communist leaders: he lived for many years in the West, and he comes from a genuinely proletarian background. The son of a mine worker who died when Gierek was four, he worked in French and Belgian coal mines from the age of 13 until his early 30s. He returned to Poland after World War II, where he quickly became active in the party. In 1957 he was named first secretary of the party in Silesia, where he gained a reputation for protecting the interests of miners and other industrial laborers. When worker unrest threatened to wreck...
...MEETING POLISH AMERICANS: In principle I do not assume that I will hold any such meetings while in the U.S.; this is a state visit. Naturally, if Americans of Polish extraction would like to meet with me, then the pleasure is all mine. I will surely encourage them to visit Poland as often as possible, to come and see what has changed in this country. In other words, while being good Americans, to have some sentiment for the country of their forefathers...