Word: mined
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...superpower involvement, the Soviets seem to be restraining their Arab allies, perhaps pending the outcome of the Moscow summit. Then there is Viet Nam, where Hanoi's offensive against the South, and Nixon's consequent decision to step up the bombing of the North and to mine its harbors, have pushed the war into a new phase that could lead either to greater danger or a negotiated peace...
...nation he left behind remained deeply divided over the wisdom of his decision to mine North Viet Nam. Last week someone claiming to represent the long-dormant radical Weathermen credited that group with setting off a bomb in a women's room of the Pentagon; it did considerable damage but luckily injured no one. On Sunday a scheduled peace march in Washington was expected to draw a crowd of 15,000. About the Moscow summit, though, there was cautious optimism. The stock market, that nervous and uncertain barometer of public feeling, rose 20 points in two days, partly...
...Angeles Lakers had just won their first National Basketball Association championship, and the proud, patient giant stood sweating in the chaotic locker room-a Gulliver indulging a swarm of Lilliputian newsmen. "For a long time," he said, "fans of mine had to put up with people saying Wilt couldn't win the big ones. Now maybe they'll have a chance to walk in peace, like...
AFTER surviving for seven days in the smoky depths of the fire-ravaged Sunshine silver mine near Kellogg, Idaho, two young miners, Ron Flory and Tom Wilkinson, were amazingly rescued last week. "I'm not normally a religious man, but I sure prayed," Flory said. But 91 others were killed in the nation's largest silver mine. This week Congress will begin hearings to examine what started the fire. One suspicion is that spontaneous combustion occurred in the old mine timbers...
Congress last year put into effect the Occupational Safety and Health Act (O.S.H.A.). It covers all industries except mining, which is regulated by two other safety acts. The Bureau of Mines, which is in charge of mine safety, is looking into devices to keep trapped miners alive, including Westinghouse-developed modular steel shelters that carry oxygen and food, ride on wheels and follow workers almost everywhere that they go underground. The new, broader occupational safety law laid down strict regulations for every employer and empowered federal inspectors to levy fines of as high as $10,000 and six months...