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Reagan's tough reaction to the strike was reminiscent of Franklin D. Roosevelt's wartime order to draft striking coal miners in 1943, then to have the Government seize and operate the mines...
When rail unions struck that same year, Roosevelt put the War Department in charge of the railroads. Harry Truman similarly ordered strike-bound coal mines seized in 1946, railroads in 1950 and steel mills in 1952. Richard Nixon in 1970 sent military troops into post offices where federal employees had illegally left their jobs. Still, taking on the controllers was not quite as difficult as facing down coal, steel, railroad and postal workers?who have far more members and political clout than doesPATCO...
...automobile emission standards for some pollutants would be rolled back to limits in effect in 1977. The rule designed to prevent significant deterioration of current air quality would be relaxed so that industries could expand in areas where pollution is now below the national maximum. And new coal plants would face less stringent sulfur-emission requirements...
...century South, had at least bothered to aspire to something while in the North industrialization ran amok. After the Civil War, the North took up the ideal of the gentleman planter for a while, and the legend of Lee--a fundamentally Northern myth--was born in cities full of coal and smoke. But the North was never serious about it. They took it up for fun. They took it up as a style. They took it up as a style. They took it up because they hadn't heard of Ukrania...
...acquire mines rather than dig their own. Firms with scarce natural resources are the most tempting takeover targets because the price of their assets in the ground has increased particularly fast. For example, since the first energy crisis in 1973, the value of Conoco's plentiful oil, coal, natural gas and uranium reserves has risen from $2.6 billion to $14 billion. Experts say that Conoco's shares are worth at least $45 more than any of the bidders are now offering...