Word: roughnecks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...little blame is assigned, victory claimed. The legacy is not erased, just quiet and manageable. Modern Hatfields and McCoys do not quite know whether to be proud or embarrassed by their inglorious family histories, and most are a little of both. That modest ambivalence, coming from direct descendants of roughneck killers, is almost sweet...
...love to be here, but this is where the action is," says Bob Blaylock, 25, a roughneck who makes $1,300 a week installing oil-rigging equipment. "This is Oil City, U.S.A., and you can put up with...