Word: mined
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like most politicians, Carter is a professional collector of people. At one time or another, he has described as "good friends of mine" such retiring folks as Edward Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Golda Meir, Henry Kissinger, Bob Dylan and Burt Reynolds. There is probably no more bizarre relationship in American politics than the one that exists between him and Hunter Thompson, author of Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 and other boozy, spaced-out analyses of the American body politic. Thompson met Carter in 1974 at a University of Georgia Law Day ceremony, where Carter gave...
...Blues Deduction. Your guess is as good as mine. At 333 Tremont St., Boston. Thurs.-Sat. at 8 p.m. Tickets...
...Land Mine. The band of 20 guerrillas, dressed in uniforms similar to those of Rhodesian security guards, began their rampage on Easter Sunday. Stationing themselves on the Great North Road at a point some 70 miles north of the South African border, they began stopping cars and robbing the occupants. One of the robberies was interrupted by the arrival of two motorcycles, each carrying two white South Africans. Possibly mistaking the newcomers for plainclothes security forces, the guerrillas immediately opened fire, killing three male cyclists and wounding their 19-year-old woman companion. At the same time, the guerrillas detonated...
...that wasn't mine, don't blame me for him," Rick calls lamely to her disappearing form...
...similar argument can be made regarding Texaco's sales in South Africa. The apartheid state is built on the exploitation of South Africa's rich mineral resources as well as the exploitation of South Africa's people. In order to mine and smelt those minerals, the government must have oil. True, blacks are employed in the refineries; but the Corporation, as a responsible shareholder, should examine the terms under which those blacks are provided employment. Given the restrictions placed on black job levels by the government, it is hard to see how much Texaco could do for blacks...