Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their five daughters: Anne, 20, a college student who was just finishing up her probation after pleading guilty last spring to a charge of possessing amphetamines; and Victoria, 18, a freshman in college. (The Hearsts have two other daughters: Catherine, 35, is retarded and lives in Los Angeles; Virginia, 26, lives in London with her husband, an American journalist...
...Jackson. He has also enlisted some impressive political support. While refraining from an outright endorsement, Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield has said that Bentsen has a full portfolio of presidential qualifications. Bentsen has been formally endorsed by Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards and by almost every important office holder in Virginia. He is expected to defeat Wallace handily in the Texas primary and to do well in other parts of the South...
...ESSAY on women as writers, A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf classifies the relationship of men and women by stating...
...wildcat strike, a revolt against badly bollixed grievance procedures, spread swiftly. Within 16 days almost all 50,000 soft-coal miners in West Virginia walked off the job. The mine owners went to court, and Federal Judge Kenneth K. Hall slapped the United Mine Workers with a gigantic $500,000 fine, plus $100,000 a day for as long as the strike lasted. Last week, seven working days and $1.2 million later, most of the wildcatters went back to work...
...recent years, no-strike clauses that ban walkouts have been written into most labor contracts, including those covering the West Virginia mines. Trouble is, when some workers strike without authorization, union officials often shrug (some critics say wink) and claim they are not responsible. Judge Hall did not buy that approach. Rapping the U.M.W. for its "feeble" efforts to halt the walkout, Hall made the fine heavy to force quick action. U.M.W. President Arnold Miller and other union leaders responded by working feverishly to get the miners back...