Word: underground
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Underground. The Fords believe that parties are more than fun -they say something about the nation's first family. "I want our parties to reflect many fields of American culture in a variety of ways," says Mrs. Ford, "in the entertainment we choose, in the guest lists, in the decorations. We want to have people of achievement there -scientists, artists, intellectuals, people from the sports world." These lists reveal another, unspoken intent: bringing back people who were shut out of the White House in the Nixon years. At one Ford dinner the President invited Justice William O. Douglas, whom...
Farmers in 40 states are involved in the operation. Manure from dairy-barn floors is collected in underground tanks. The mixture is then treated with a chemical concocted by RJB Founder Richard J. Briggs that is the key to the whole enterprise: it permits the material to be shipped without the buildup of dangerous methane gas. Barges and trucks bearing the finished product will soon be on their way to the port of Lake Charles, La., and in late January the first shipload will depart for Dubai. On arrival, the manure will be piped inland and sprayed together with grain...
...amused. In an effort to make a clean sweep of the cluttered airways, 1,000 amateur Donetsk broadcasters-called "organ grinders" by the police-were arrested and fined 50 rubles ($69) for "violating rules governing the use of radio frequencies." There have been similar efforts to clamp down on underground broadcasts in other major cities...
...indeed gone underground. Requests for interviews are being declined, and Woodward said recently: "We've dropped out." Woodward, 31, and Bernstein, 30, have had their troubles coping with sudden fame. As a friend explained their new reticence: "People were always asking them for big public-policy statements. They don't want to be pundits." Adds Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee: "They're journalists, and they're not journalisting when they get distracted by other reporters...
...days of fighting, Heitmann says, "the total figure of those who died--and 370 military men died--was around 800. Many people left the country, or have gone underground." The government executed 80 people, he claims, people who were found on the streets with guns and executed without trial. Then, "after ten days, tranquility came back to the country, and the military set up the government in accordance with the constitution." And at present, he says, "Chile is a constitutional government, with Congress declared in recess, and political parties in recess...