Word: mined
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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During the attack, many of the terrified hostages, blindfolded and resigned to death blows from their executioners, were blissfully surprised. Phillip ("Curly") Watkins had been talking to his captor. "I asked him if he knew a buddy of mine. He said he did, and then I said, 'Well, then you know who I am.' " When the helicopters moved in, Watkins' man shoved him to the ground and fell on top of him. "The guy had time to kill me, but he didn't," said Watkins...
...very clear. As President I cannot do otherwise but abide by the Constitution and the law. And I have mentioned very clearly that unfortunately the ticket which remains is mine. (Laughter.) Now Vice President Ky suggests that I resign. Why? I have no reason for that. I cannot abandon the country. I would be accused by the people and the historians. To the army I also said very clearly, if the whole army comes here to say "You betray your country, you go against the people," you can have a very peaceful coup d'état. (Laughter.) If [however...
...program. Outright union defiance could prove disastrous. Almost nothing could paralyze economic expansion, which the President is counting on to create new jobs and improve productivity, so quickly as a series of major strikes. More than one Administration official last week recalled apprehensively the blunt words of longtime Mine Workers Boss John L. Lewis, who by angry threats almost alone destroyed the wage freeze that followed World War II. Said Lewis: "You can't mine coal with bayonets...
...greeting from South Africa's State President Jim Fouche, the emotional Banda seemed delighted to be there. Hustling over to a crowd of waiting Africans, he waved his fly whisk, made from a wildebeest's tail, and shouted in Fanagalo, the language of the South African gold mines, "Kamuzu is glad to be here." Later Banda led South African officials on a tour of the mine offices where he had worked as a youth 50 years ago. "It hasn't changed much," he noted. "They still have fish on Wednesdays...
...company assets-$365 million-to fund its pension plan fully. - Set new standards for the administration and financing of pension funds -by companies or unions. The committee intends to hold further hearings this fall, and will have no lack of examples of mismanagement. Last year officials of the United Mine Workers were found in breach of fiduciary trust for allowing millions in assets to languish in a mine-controlled bank. The D.C. Transit Co. invested $2 million owed to its workers' pension fund to finance its own real estate. Javits' bill would compel fund managers to buy insurance...