Word: minerly
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Although he was congratulated by Perspective for his progressive views, Hornstein has since been a vocal critic from the right of the council who has opposed council stands on issues such as the University's investments in South Africa and its involvement with the Pittston coal miner's strike last fall...
When a publicity-hungry guerrilla gang kidnaped miner Scott Royden Heimdal near the Colombia-Ecuador border last April and demanded a $1.5 million ransom, his family in Peoria, Ill., despaired: the sum was utterly beyond its reach. Then Marge and Roy Heimdal heard that the kidnapers had cut the ransom to $60,000, and issued an appeal for help. Over the next four days, all Peoria joined in a frantic campaign to raise the cash. Children sold lemonade; retirees held bake sales...
Jovanovich, the son of a poor immigrant coal miner, never owned more than 2% of HBJ's stock. This lack of control came to haunt him after he expanded the firm too rapidly in the 1980s. When the company's stock sank in early 1987, British publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell launched a hostile takeover bid. In a long and bitter fight, Jovanovich prevailed by recapitalizing HBJ with nearly $3 billion in debt, a large chunk of it in junk bonds. Maxwell, who called Jovanovich "a dumb Croat coal miner" who "killed" the company, has offered to buy some assets. "Maxwell...
...course, my classes were a little different from the average Harvard lecture. One, independent research, consisted of donning a miner's headlight, boots and a notebook and traipsing off into the rainforest at night hunting for the ubiquitous cane toads...
Three-pointers: James; Cooper 2, Miner 2, Pack, Masdea. Fouled Out: Campbell. Rebounds: Harvard 36 (Rullman 9); USC 45 (Boyd 10). Assists: Harvard 17 (Campbell 8); USC 27 (Pack 10). Steals: Harvard 3 (Rullman, Mitchell, Campbell); USC 12 (Chatman 3). Blocks: Harvard 0; USC 3 (Boyd 2). Total Fouls: Harvard 17; USC 24; Turnovers: Harvard 20; USC 13. Attendance...