Word: mined
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Earlier that year, Yablonski had become the first United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) official in over 40 years to challenge the entrenched leadership of the union. He had lost the December, 1969 election decisively, by 33,000 votes. That election was later overturned by U.S. District Court Judge William B. Bryant on grounds of "massive vote fraud and financial manipulation." In the 1972 election, reform candidate Arnold Miller easily swamped incumbent W.A. (Tony) Boyle by 14,000 votes. Boyle was subsequently convicted of embezzling union money, illegally contributing union funds to the 1968 Humphrey presidential campaign, but most seriously...
...Coal mining is a rough, dirty business, the most hazardous industry in America. Correspondingly, the UMWA is a rough union. Often its leaders are tough, two-fisted men, up from the rank-and-file. The legendary John L. Lewis, founder of the CIO and UMWA president for 40 years, was a formidable adversary in any contract negotiation, and he was scared of nothing. When the UMWA struck in 1942, Franklin Roosevelt threatened to bring troops in to mine the coal. Lewis, who had split with CIO president and one-time close associate Philip Murray in 1940 over Roosevelt's third...
Boyle is an enigmatic, almost Nixon-esque figure. Though no physical specimen like his strapping mentor Lewis, he tried to adopt Lewis's hearty ways and flamboyant speech. He wasn't in touch with the miners; when Farmington No. 9 mine exploded in 1968 in Farmington, West Virginia, killing 78 men, Boyle wouldn't meet with the widows. "What should I say to them?" he asked his aides. As the web of justice slowly tightened around him, he became irascible--he blamed his troubles on "outsiders," "hippies," and "communists." Later, he tried to take his life...
...long way toward determining the political leadership of Illinois when Daley, 73, finally bows out. Indeed, Daley hand-picked Howlett to fight Walker, whom the mayor never liked and now despises because of his attacks on the machine. Boasts Howlett: "Dick Daley has been a friend of mine for 30 years." Retorts Walker: "We're going to whip Boss Daley like he needs to be whipped...
...first requisite for any debate is an accurate presentation of a person's point of view. Mr. Kaplan has completely twisted mine, in part I would guess because he is captivated by the idea of applying a gaudy political label. Yet such labelling, which not only simplifies but caricatures the nature of a complex argument, can only be destructive of discourse and intellectual debate. Daniel Bell Professor of Sociology...