Word: knowingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...establishment of Zimbabwe and even endorsed the President for reelection. Earlier, Mugabe had explained his presidential preference with a wry anecdote from his boyhood. He had wanted to exchange his hunting dog for one that might bring in more game, but his grandfather asked him: "How do you know that the dog you want to buy will be as dependable as the dog you already know?" Recalled Mugabe: "Well, I didn't give...
...throwing away "black gold," an impure mixture that can be refined to yield ordinary gold and palladium, a valuable metal in its own right, as well as manganese. Says a government mining engineer: "Our job is to orient the garimpeiros. They're individualists. Many were small farmers. They know this is the chance of a lifetime." On yet another level, official price controls wiped out the barracao, with the government trucking in 40 tons of food and other supplies a week. Says one garimpeiro, "This is the cheapest place in the country...
...throwing away "black gold," an impure mixture that can be refined to yield ordinary gold and palladium, a valuable metal in its own right, as well as manganese. Says a government mining engineer: "Our job is to orient the garimpeiros. They're individualists. Many were small farmers. They know this is the chance of a lifetime." On yet another level, official price controls wiped out the barracão, with the government trucking in 40 tons of food and other supplies a week. Says one garimpeiro, "This is the cheapest place in the country...
...Ford and his assembly-line method for making the Model T become an inspiration for the new industrial age. Detroit's auto technology spread throughout the world, even to the mountain towns of Argentina and Spain, and the big luxurious American auto became the very epitome of U.S. know-how and cando...
...labor and Government leaders meet to discuss the industry's problems. Says Transportation Secretary Goldschmidt: "We value this industry, and we don't intend to let it fail." Ford President Petersen adds: "It's my job to improve our productivity and efficiency as much as we know how. But I'm saying that when it's all done, that's not enough...