Word: dig
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...complex world of aviation technology, equipment can and does fail. Still, insists FAA Chief Donald Engen, "any accident, when you dig in, always comes back to human beings. Accidents just don't happen -- they are caused." Airlines need a skilled force of mechanics and technicians to maintain their incredibly complex aircraft. A Boeing 747, for example, contains 4.5 million removable parts, 135 miles of electrical wires and more than a mile of hydraulic tubing. The major airlines are spending as much as or more than before on maintenance of their fleets. But to deal with any carrier that lacks...
...Republic Bank Chairman Gerald Fronterhouse, whose institution aims to strengthen its No. 2 position in Texas by acquiring Interfirst, the state's fourth largest bank. Said Fronterhouse, who will head the combined company: "This is a bank made by Texans for Texans." One challenge will be to help Interfirst dig out from under a $1.1 billion pile of sour energy loans and depressed real estate holdings...
...could dig you a nice cellar hole," he said. "Unless it turns out we have to blast...
Travelling is also a high priority. Two summers ago Cooperson went on an archaeological dig in Jordan. He recounts fasting all day, waking up at 3:30 a.m. to pray, and learning the many required phrases of social interchange. "Something specific is said when one takes a shower, or drinks a glass of water. Also, they recite alot of poetry instead of telling anecdotes like we do in this country...
Sandburg's small room in the Cronkhite Centeroverflows with artifacts of his travels andstudies. One of his most treasured possessions isthe trowel he has used to dig for the last 12years--"My trowel is by my bedside all the time.Archaeologists get attached to their trowels," heexplains, a little sheepishly. "It's seen a lot ofplaces...