Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Danny Buggs, West Virginia, 6 ft. 3 in., 181 lbs. He is exceptionally quick for a big man and has good hands and maneuverability. Buggs, who can run short or long patterns, caught 86 passes at West Virginia...
...agreed to become the first commander in chief of the new Continental Army. With textblocks and many illustrations, plus graceful historical essays, Editor and Popular Historian Richard Ketchum creates a sound and extraordinarily detailed portrait of the man and his times during the years when Washington evolved from prosperous Virginia planter to Revolutionary general to President of the newly established republic. A Bicentennial byproduct of notable quality, the book manages to make this monument human, while reassuringly confirming the traditional view that the Colonies were perfectly right in letting George...
...Rockefeller IV, about David Rockefeller, chairman of the Chase Manhattan Bank: "He may be the most powerful man in the country." Rocky replied that Jay also said, "Rockefellers always get their way." Jay, in fact, was defeated when he ran as the Democratic candidate for Governor of West Virginia in 1972. Pressured to ask other members of the Rockefeller family to reveal their financial holdings, Nelson said, hesitantly, that he would give...
Surprised by the council's obstinacy, U.M.W. President Arnold Miller traveled home to the coal fields of West Virginia to drum up support for the agreement. He announced that he will seek no further basic concessions from the Bituminous Coal Operators Association -only revisions in language. Said Miller: "I'm not going back for another bite of the apple. All that's left is the core...
...Virginia Mansfield Settle...