Word: dig
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...small group of journalists who were allowed to accompany the Reagans to all ten Inaugural Balls. The next morning, as Reagan began his new job, Barrett was busy keeping track of the announcements and executive orders already coming from the Oval Office. Says Barrett: "It is important to dig out what the President is saying in Cabinet meetings, how his senior staff is operating, whether there are differences in nuance between what Reagan promised as a candidate and what he is doing during his very first days...
Bossy's skating style is deceptively languid, not galvanic in the manner of, say, Montreal's Guy Lafleur. He circles, seemingly remote, while his linemates, Center Bryan Trottier and Left Wing Clark Gillies, rush the puck up-ice or dig it loose from the corners. When the time comes for a pass, Bossy is often open, waiting for the puck. Once he has it, no one gets off a shot faster. Says Philadelphia Flyers Goaltender Phil Myre: "You're always looking for Bossy, wondering where he is. Sometimes you never see him until after...
...pictures. Ronald Reagan was not the only one with a secret yen to get onto the silver screen. The nation's crush on Hollywood was flowering wildly in 1932; while a few would read Ernest Hemingway's new hymn to bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon, throngs would dig up the pennies necessary to get them in the picture show to see Gary Cooper in A Farewell to Arms. As things got worse, film fantasy became more and more a handy escape; Red Headed Woman with Jean Harlow, Winner Take All with James Cagney and Horse Feathers with...
...small ceremony. He fed the dog some final treats, said his goodbyes, and buried him on a nearby hillside next to Rhino, which belonged to his son Ron. Reagan scratched the dog's name on a marker and covered the grave with rocks so coyotes will not dig up the body...
That case points to the central issue between Watt and environmentalists: their fear that he will let private oil and mining companies dig, drill and scrape at will on Western public lands. Says Chuck Malick, president of the High Country Citizens Alliance in Crested Butte, Colo.: "The West is being given away. We will become an energy colony for the East and West coasts...