Word: dig
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...play "I Never." You would go around the room and declare something you had never done; everyone who had done it had to drink. Since I had never been drunk before, everyone wanted to get me trashed: But I hadn't done too much, so they really had to dig deep to find things I had done that no one else had. Someone said they'd never gotten the highest grade in a course at Harvard. I drank. Someone said they hadn't studied on a Friday night. I guzzled again. I kept telling them I wanted to leave...
...migratory, and my dad followed the movement. Within 13 years we moved from Cincinnati to Haddonfield, N.J., to Scottsdale, Ariz., to Saratoga, a suburb of San Jose. Just as I'd become accustomed to a school and a teacher and a best friend, the FOR SALE sign would dig into the front lawn and we'd be packing and off to some other state. I've always considered Arizona, where I was from nine to 16, my real home. For a kid, home is where you have your best friends and your first car, and your first kiss...
...citizenship; Kissinger was listed among 350 foreign-born servicemen who became new Americans that day in a small Southern town. Did his visit to the scene of old Army days bring back any tearful recollections? Not quite. As Kissinger told his audience, "If any of you have tried to dig a foxhole in the red clay of South Carolina, you won't have too many nostalgic memories...
...matter of faith. The Harris letter, dated seven months after the publication of the Book of Mormon, recounts what he says are Smith's words about the scriptural discovery: "I . . . only just got it because of the enchantment," says Smith. "An old spirit," declares Smith, told him to "dig up the gold," but "when I take it up the next morning the spirit transfigured himself from a white salamander in the bottom of the hole & struck me 3 times." There is no reference to any angel from God. The Harris letter mentions Smith's involvement in "money digging," using...
...wife who initiates the move into counseling. In sessions, the therapist may play the part of one partner; sometimes couples act out each other's roles. James Framo, a family therapist in La Jolla, Calif., insists that his patients bring in their parents and siblings to help dig out family-rooted problems. His couples may also take part in group therapy to see how other pairs are coping. Ian Alger, a New York therapist, uses a more novel technique: videotaping couples' visits. Instant replays are often so revealing that some partners begin to resolve their disputes almost immediately. He also...