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Steve Dasovich later admitted under oath that the tragedy could have been avoided if a drain ditch had been built. The construction would have meant closing down Buffalo's No. 5 mine for a few weeks, curtailing production. You do not get where Steve Dasovich is by curtailing production...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Coal | 7/16/1976 | See Source »

...tribulation ... A girl cannot step into the bushes to pluck a rose without running the most imminent risk of being ravished." Staten Island's 400 militiamen, who had been called up by Washington to defend the island, grounded their muskets and obligingly swore allegiance to the Crown. That oath was administered by New York's newly returned Royal Governor William Tryon, who had to spend recent months in the sanctuary of the British ship the Duchess of Gordon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WAR: Coming Battle for New York | 7/4/1976 | See Source »

ANGLICANS (406). They are in an awkward spot, since their English-led clergy is tied by oath to the Crown. Their Toryism runs strong in the new Methodist movement and in the New England cities, less so in the Middle Colonies. Anglicans in the south generally favor independence. FRIENDS (307). The "Quakers," powerful in Pennsylvania, oppose all wars, including the Revolution. Their January meeting insisted on obedience to the King. Patriots distrust their pacifism but so far have done little against them. LUTHERANS (240). Located mostly in the Middle Colonies, these Germans, like Peter Muhlenberg, generally want to split from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Who's for What | 7/4/1976 | See Source »

Albee understood "the territorial imperative" before the term was invented. The marriage of George (Ben Gazzara) and Martha (Colleen Dewhurst) is a strip of defoliated jungle from which neither intends to retreat. They are locked in mortal combat and, in an ironic echo of the marital oath, only death will be able to part them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Till Death Do Us Part | 4/12/1976 | See Source »

Guizar is now waiting impatiently on his citizenship. He has taken the test, signed the naturalizations papers, and expects to take the oath before the end of April. But though Guizar will soon be an American citizen he refuses to attribute his success to some kind of "American Dream...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: An "International" Student | 3/17/1976 | See Source »

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