Word: nailing
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...brutal slaying of United Mine Workers Reformer Joseph Yablonski and his wife and daughter, Special Prosecutor Richard Sprague has suspected that "the person who set this chain of events in motion" was former U.M.W. President W.A. ("Tony") Boyle. After convicting the actual killers, Sprague has been trying to nail men higher and higher in the union command. Last week it was the turn of William J. Prater, a former U.M.W. organizer, who transferred $20,000 in funds allegedly used to hire the assassins. Prater's lawyer noted that four of the five already convicted had turned state...
...pull that out," he said, handing me the hammer. I pulled it out. It seemed eight times harder than a normal nail...
...That's harder than a normal nail," I said...
...Crimson, led by McLaughlin, attempted to come from behind in the closing minutes and managed to narrow the Eli lead to eight, with four minutes remaining. The Yale's Bruce McKenna dumped in two quick buckets to nail shut the Crimson coffin...
...Nixon studied the draft with Secretary of State William Rogers. Nixon's own lawyer's eye told him that some of the provisions might need some tightening up and that Kissinger would have to nail down the understandings and protocols for the cease-fire machinery. But he was pleased, approved the plan and ordered Kissinger to Saigon to sell it to Thieu. The only dark cloud was a prescient warning by the CIA to expect serious trouble from Thieu...