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Around him, miners nod their heads in agreement. Many of them are sons of coal miners and fervently believe that only the United Mine Workers protects them from the same kind of exploitation suffered in the pits by their fathers and grandfathers. Dressed in blue jeans and plaid wool shirts, many of the miners spend lots of time these days in the Cabin Creek Coffee House. It is a warm and welcome refuge from the coal-dust-blackened slush outside and the dispiriting sight of the empty coal hoppers-as idle as the miners-on the railroad tracks across...
...real sweater girl...And I'd like to pull the wool over your eyes...
...television sets, chemicals, shoes and special steels. The Europeans want to protect agriculture, cars, electronics and. like the U.S., shoes and steel. Also, the Europeans demand that the U.S. cut its comparatively high tariffs of 25% to as much as 108% on certain goods-orange juice, men's wool suits and watch bracelets among them...
...early as 6 a.m., trucks and bulldozers start rumbling out along Route 86, breaking the winter silence. Hard-hatted construction workers, wrapped to the ears in wool and goose down, are sawing, hammering and pouring concrete. Land speculators in search of property have driven prices as high as $5,000 for a one acre building lot. Money is just starting to flow in, but it gives every sign of becoming an avalanche...
...sophomore at a small alternative college in Oregon, Larry was tall, bearded, and thin. Like a more famous Oregonian, Bill Walton, he often wore a wool cap, flannel shirt, and blue jeans--lumberjack garb. Nineteen-year old Larry had just had his draft physical the week before...