Word: mined
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ruff, a Democrat, of acting rashly or for partisan purposes. A polio-paralyzed associate law professor at Georgetown University, Ruff, 37, belonged to the staff that dug into illegal corporate political contributions during Watergate and brought Richard Nixon's top aides to trial. He also successfully prosecuted United Mine Workers President W.A. (Tony) Boyle for illegal campaign contributions...
...47th UNITED MINE WORKERS convention ended last Saturday on a surprisingly positive note. Arnold Miller, the union's embattled president, emerged victorious if not unscathed from the parley, which his opponents in the UMW had called for the express purpose of bringing him down...
...mortality rates in the country, should have unconscionably distracted public attention from this and exacerbated union divisions by raising the false issue of Communist infiltration. Still, the confrontation may have produced one beneficial side-effect: Mr. Miller's victory should strengthen his hand in negotiating a new contract with mine-owners this November...
...Tough luck, buddy. It's mine...
When Stewart was twelve, his father moved the family to Fort Pierce following the failure of the family coal mine in Payne Gap, Ky. Two years later, Gary found a book of diagrammed musical chords. At 15 he was playing in local bars. By 17, he was married and working in an airplane factory. He began his day at the tool crib, but would soon be scribbling song lyrics on a note pad. "I lived for the weekend, and when it came I hated to see the morning come...