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...store is an inventory of broken dreams. From VCRs to old pocket watches, the lost possessions give testimony to the legacy that coal mining has left upon Appalachia: unemployment, a ruined economy, crippling injuries and early deaths. For Logan County -- and for much of Appalachia -- coal has been a blessing and a curse. It provided generations with work, solid wages, a source of immense pride and a tax base for schools, hospitals and roads. But the mines have exacted a high price in return. Many miners spend their lives crawling on their hands and knees in tunnels sometimes no higher...
Logan County is a remote and isolated pocket in the southwest corner of West Virginia, an undulating succession of mountains rounded by eons and carpeted with hardwood forests. Many residents live in trailer parks and frame houses that hug the Guyandotte River system. The people are proud and charitable, rugged and patriotic. "Culturally speaking, Logan Countians will damn sure fight for what they believe in, whether it's fighting the coal companies, the Iraqis or each other," says Logan council member Stan Morgan...
...your pocket, too," Brother Larry added. I tried to appeal to Jeffries, but Brother Larry got up and came toward me. I reached out to hand him the tape and he said,"Put it in [the tape recorder] and play it." Jeffries looked at him and Brother Larry said,"I just want to make sure that it's the same tape...
Ambinder picked a Connecticut middies pocket on the right side-line, beat another Huskie and fed Clark well into the offensive end. Clark then collected and crossed the ball, creating a corner opportunity...
Syria, however, objected to such talks for fear that Israel would pocket any concessions it made without giving ground toward returning the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in the 1967 war. If President Hafez Assad is really backing out now, the other Arabs might follow suit. But he appeared primarily to be laying down a marker -- no agreement on anything without a return of the Golan -- and building pressure on the U.S. to push Israel...