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...froze in their tracks, stood staring and listening in the dark. Their ears felt clogged by a sudden compression of air. Wind touched their faces. Some heard a low, distant rumbling and a rattle of doors. That was all. They began to run, heading for the 535-ft. elevator shaft which was their first hope of escape...
...befriending a tramp who has stolen his valise, Toto is invited to take shelter on a dreary wasteland at the city's fringe, where glum derelicts elbow one another to get into each stray shaft of sunlight that breaks through the winter clouds. By spring, Toto is busily turning the hobo jungle into a shantytown haven for Milan's poor, and imbuing them with good will. Among the newcomers is a badgered, not-quite-pretty girl (Brunella Bovo), with whom he strikes up a charmingly innocent courtship...
...government employment office sent me to the Komlo coal mine, in Barany county near the Yugoslav border. There were about 300 girls and boys in the mine between 14 and 21. When I went down in the shaft the first time, I was not afraid, but I looked around and said to myself: 'What kind of work is this-this is not for a girl...
...shaft of sunlight caught Vag full on the face as he spun to avoid the last tackler, and there he was, flat on his back in bed clutching the tight-packed pillow...
Water Mine. A few years ago, when gold shares were falling and uranium was coming into the limelight, one mine changed its name from Samar Yellowknife Gold Mines Ltd. to Oak Ridge Uranium Mines Ltd. Neither gold nor uranium has yet been mined by this company; its main shaft is full of water...