Word: mined
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mood of this Administration." Three days after that, a rebuke from Publisher Dorothy Schiff appeared in the Post's "Letters to the Editor" column. "You insist," said Wechsler's boss, "that Mr. Black's so far unnamed successor must be 'a man' (italics mine) of stature, dignity and learning. What an opportunity you have given Mr. Nixon to appoint to our highest court a highly qualified woman, thus proving himself to be less of a male chauvinist than our own Editorial Page Editor!" Said the chastened Editor Wechsler: "I thought her note livened things...
Bleak Future. Although man began to mine silver on a small scale in about 2500 B.C., Patterson says that it was not until Rome took control of the silver mines in Iberia that it was able to attain the economic strength necessary for the rapid expansion of the empire. Silver production, mainly in Iberia, peaked between 50 B.C. and A.D. 100, when some 30,000 tons were extracted; Roman legions were furnishing 30,000 fresh slaves a year then to maintain the ranks of miners at 150,000. By the 3rd century A.D., as production steadily decreased, Roman coins...
...volatile as the explosives they work with, coal miners have a long history of blasting the best-laid plans of mine operators, coal users and U.S. Presidents. For the past month the United Mine Workers, torn by dissension and corruption, have been negotiating with the mine owners to formulate a new labor contract and avoid a strike on Thursday, Sept. 30, when the present pact expires. Though a peaceful settlement seems likely, nobody is discounting a walkout that could threaten the nation's critical need for electric power and jar the Administration's new economic policies...
...fullest," she explains in answer to your question as to why she decided to bring out the book. "That's my philosophy, it's what I've learned through my life and I just wanted the world for an audience, every human being, to learn this philosophy of mine...
...gave up Manhattan for $24 in trinkets. Now a band of enterprising Navajos in Arizona hopes to Indian-wrestle some of their ancestors' money back. The group plans to build a $10 million resort on the shores of Lake Powell featuring a full-scale gambling casino. They should mine plenty of yellow iron-if the Arizona authorities let them get away with...