Word: deeps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...BURIED DEEP in the pages of the Guinness Book of World Records, along with the stories about the two-headed goat, the 970-lb. man who was buried in a piano case, and the man who ate 22 bananas in 16 seconds, is an entry describing a so-called "Suicide Tree." The tree had a large taproot, which for some unknown reason grew in a circle around its own base. As the tree grew this noose was drawn tighter and tighter, until the tree grew so large that it strangled itself and died...
...husband said there was little that he personally could do about the discriminatory hiring practices in journalism, because it is part of a more deep-seated social problem
...center of the dispute is the union's claim that Gorski's drive to improve the force's efficiency by increasing the size of each officer's beat and instituting a de facto freeze on hiring has lowered morale on the force. Union officials say there is a "deep mistrust of the chief of police" among union members as a result of the changes, and would like to see a reduction in working hours to make up for the increased workload. One union spokesman suggested that Gorski's reorganization might be part of a larger University plan "to rid itself...
...heavens through his portable telescope. But for five months this season, home is the hotels and motels of America. Lanky, high-domed and bespectacled, Tennstedt can be a vertiginous sight on the podium. He will perch precariously on his toes when all hands are playing furiously, or do a deep knee bend during tender moments. In his lexicon of body English, an avian flap of the elbow is as meaningful as a sword thrust of the baton. The fluid gestures may be idiosyncratic, but they rarely fail to communicate. Says Tennstedt: "The musician must have the feeling that what...
Normal amenities are being curtailed by the drought. For three months, many farmers have trucked to town-which still has water in its deep well-to fill pails of water at the firehouse, use the toilets and take a bath. Townspeople have been inviting their country friends to share the water. Says Greg McCombs, editor of the local weekly newspaper: "I have no water, so I use a friend's bathroom in town...