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2014.
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"The Great Recession of 2008 left many young professionals out of work. Promising careers were suddenly ended as banks, hedge funds, and law firms engaged in mass lay-offs and brutal belt tightening. Samantha Kofer was a third year associate at Scully & Pershing, New York City's largest law firm. Two weeks after Lehman Brothers collapsed, she lost her job, her security, and her future. A week later she was working as an unpaid intern in a legal aid...
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In this stirring sequel to the Booker Prize-winning "Sacred Hunger," a dramatic clash between haves and have-nots plays out against the vivid backdrop of eighteenth-century England. It is the spring of 1767 and Erasmus Kemp has brought back fugitive settlers from America, among them Sullivan, an Irish fiddler. As Sullivan sits in jail, charged with playing a role in the loss of Kemp's father's ship, he makes a solemn vow to gain his freedom and personally...
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WSU Press, Washington State University
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2014.
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English
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Strikes are a way of life for central Washington coal miners and their families, but Tuesday, April 3, 1934, is different. This time, people are afraid. Wives and mothers pelt cars with rocks, rotten eggs, and cow pies. They curse and assault anyone who dares to cross their picket line. On a normal shift, the striking laborers spend ten or more hours at the workplace. Dressing, preparing lights and equipment, and traveling into the mine shaft-as much...
5) Black fury
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
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©2010
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English
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Joe Radek, a likeable, hard-working coal miner, single-handedly takes on the Company against union problems, unsafe conditions and corruption. When his best friend is brutally murdered by the Company's henchmen, he decides to strike. He begins a lonely vigil deep in the coal mines, refusing to come out unless the Company gives their miners the privileges they deserve.
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