Word: mines
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the S.P.L.A. overruns a village, it collects all the food and clothing and sends residents into the bush. Then the rebels mine the fields, the houses and the surrounding footpaths so no one can return. The S.P.L.A. even drove displaced people from squalid camps near Juba, forcing them to abandon their crops a second time. The S.P.L.A. reaped the harvest. George Tombe, 32, is a chieftain of Kabo, a village 9 miles west of Juba. The S.P.L.A. stormed Kabo and beat him. "They took everything," he whispers, including the crops. "The harvest was good this year. Now I wait...
...meet its obligations, Manville must squeeze every possible dollar out of its sales of fiber-glass insulation, forest products and industrial goods. During its bankruptcy, Manville slashed costs and reduced its 26,000-worker payroll by 8,000 employees. The firm shut down its asbestos mine, trimmed money-losing subsidiaries, and sold its headquarters building near Denver...
...Yale; it would have been more fitting had he gone on to Michigan. The first time I saw him was two years ago, at about 2 a.m. on a Saturday night in New Haven. A little drunk, and very cold, I was with a group of friends of mine from high school, parading in a somewhat ridiculous pack-like fashion through a dark and uninviting city...
...friend of mine and I wandered into the parking lot, where a radio was playing and a group was fathered. Among them was Jason...
...think they're looking for someone who understands their hopes and aspirations, someone who conveys a sense of optimism. That's a strength of mine...