Word: mined
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...television image. On the eve of his 80th birthday, Hope looks fabulous. The hair that on his specials can appear fake is a rusty auburn on top and full and white on the sides. "It's thinning," says Hope, smoothing it back, "but it's all mine. I got a hair guy who tints it a bit for television. Otherwise the lights shine right through it. This fellow has a way of pushing it forward to give me a little more hairline...
...Whittier with Bibles for sale. The twelve-year-old girl who answers the door refuses a Bible but offers a glass of water. As the old man walks away, the child is astonished to find her eyes filling up. She thinks: "If I could have given him something of mine . . . If I had next week's allowance and had not spent this week's on three Cherry Flips...
...coal extraction since 1920. In 1971, in order to evaluate its procedures, the Government declared a moratorium on federal coal leases. The hiatus, which did not end until 1981, effectively froze the market for coal leases, making future evaluations of tracts difficult. A 1976 reform requiring new leaseholders to mine their fields within ten years or forfeit their rights further complicated the mathematics of mine leasing...
This is an historical and personal footnote to the Editorial and Dissenting Opinions on the John J. McCloy Exchange Scholarship. Right after Pearl Harbor, friends of mine in what was then the Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service asked me to come to Washington to use what little influence I might have to prevent the expulsion of the West Coast Japanese Americans. These friends were social scientists, students of public opinion, cognizant of the loyalty of the Japanese Americans to the United States, and also of the mounting pressure on the West Coast--a combination of greedy landowners, jealous of the more...
...graduation where he studied naval architecture, and he continues with his naval planning today. When World War II began. Anderson was still at MIT and because of his sailing experience and naval skill he was "swept" into the Navy, where he was commissioned to command a couple of little mine sweepers and act as the executive officer of the Destroyer Escort. When the war ended. Anderson considered staying on in the Navy, but his father's failing health and other family concerns brought him back to the mainland. For the next 20 years, Anderson was self-employed in the investment...