Word: mined
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years I lived in Memphis, Tennessee, and had a Southern accent. Mine wasn't Applachian hillbilly-country music Southern, nor was it the soft-petalled Junior League variety. It was just a home-grown Mississippi River vintage '53 drawl. I liked it. Felt comfortable with it. Then I came to Harvard, and grudgingly, but inevitably, surrendered my natural speech...
...goin' to the show?" must become "Are you guys going to the movies?" In social situations, Southern women with thick or even moderate accents are victims of good-natured bantering, but the assumptions underlying the bantering aren't so kind. As a Confederate compatriot of mine remarked during our freshmen week, "As soon as I started talkin' I felt funny. It was at the Union and every guy at the table started to stare at me. I wanted to talk to them, but they just wanted me to talk. They thought it was cute...
...There can be no strip-mining on homesteaded land (mainly in Montana, the Dakotas and Wyoming) where the Federal Government owns the mineral rights but private individuals own surface rights. Under current law, the Government can lease its mineral rights to industry, which can then mine the deposits at will...
...Surface mining will be allowed only after mine operators issue a statement describing how they will repair the land and post a bond to ensure that their plans will be carried...
Ironically, the bill does not fully satisfy environmentalists, either. They urge amendments prohibiting strip-mining on steep slopes, as in Appalachia, which are virtually impossible to restore to their original contours. Moreover, complains Louise Dunlap, coordinator of the Washington-based Coalition Against Strip Mining, the legislation fails 1) to protect Indian-reservation land above rich coal deposits; 2) to curb the power of coal companies that own mineral rights to strip-mine then" deposits without the written consent of a surface owner...