Word: steels
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...singing cowboy a national hero. With the mobilization of the entire population in World War II, regional music styles began to meld. A languorous hybrid known as country-and-western was born, in which the still simple music of the Southeast was blended with the more sophisticated instrumentation (steel guitar, drums, even horns) of the Far West. This wedding of styles produced, among others, Merle Travis, Webb Pierce and the late Hank Williams. The rise of rock 'n' roll (notably Elvis Presley, who began his career singing country-and-western in Memphis) eclipsed country in the late 1950s...
Reserve Mining, which is owned jointly by Armco Steel and Republic Steel, produces 15% of the U.S.'s iron ore. It mines taconite around Babbitt, Minn., then ships the flintlike rock 50 miles to Silver Bay, on the shores of Lake Superior. There the iron content of the taconite is extracted, and the wastes, or "tailings," are dumped into the water. Any time that Reserve is attacked for polluting the lake-and the attacks have been continuous since 1967-it says that it might have to close the plant if ordered to stop. That would wreak economic havoc, since...
Political Influence. Two weeks ago, the trial hit its emotional peak when Minnesota Deputy Attorney General Byron Starns read notes that supposedly were made during a Reserve board meeting in 1971. The notes, purportedly written by Armco Steel Vice President Harry Holiday Jr., indicated that Reserve and its parent companies had tried to use their political influence in Minnesota and Washington to keep the case out of court. Judge Lord was shocked. "If what is represented in this document is taking place every day in the lives of the corporations of our country," he said, "then I fear...
...this weather, you should really be outside: Carpenter Center boasts a sculpture-fountain (Stainless steel and moving water) by Susumu Shingu, a good way to satisfy both aesthetic and physical needs. But if Museum-tromping is imposed upon you, console yourself with Renoir's "Bal a Bougival" at the MFA. A regular exhibit that nobody talks about much, but it's the most beautiful painting in Boston...
...Allegheny Ludlum, Armco, Bethlehem, Jones & Laughlin, National, Republic, U.S. Steel, Wheeling-Pittsburgh and Youngstown...