Word: thar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From the moment I punch in or step into a warehouse, I feel as if I have entered the Tower of Babel: nothing makes sense. For instance, when my foreman tells me to "cut the grass down thar between that patch of goober weeds and them stink weeds," I am at a complete loss...
...Thar was three bars--Mama Bar, Papa Bar, and Baby Bar. They was all sittin' on a block of ice. Mama Bar said 'I got a tale to tell.' Papa Bar said 'I got a tale to tell.' Baby Bar looked up and said 'My tale is told...
What could be more useful for, say, an insurance salesman or an executive recruiter than a major corporation's internal telephone book, complete with direct-dial access and perhaps even everyone's home number? Manhattan Businessman Steven Olsen, 24, thinks there may be gold in them thar numbers. In November his Corporate Information Services will begin selling the directories of 250 companies as a package...
...been witnessing the birth of this industry for 100 years." In the 1920s, oil was in short supply and there was great talk about shale development. Then the East Texas oil fields were discovered, and shale was forgotten. For now, Colorado shale rock is likely to remain in them thar hills. -By John S. DeMott. Reported by Robert T. Grieves/New York, Richard Woodbury/Parachute
Eureka! There is still a bit of gold in them thar hills. In the past three weeks three companies have announced important new discoveries in northern California and Nevada. Homestake Mining Co., the nation's largest gold producer, tapped a vein that holds more than 1 million oz. of gold in California's wine-rich Napa County. Newmont Mining Corp. has uncovered gold deposits near Elko, Nev., that should yield about 440,000 oz. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co. made known last week that it had found ore containing both gold and silver near Round Mountain...