Word: dig
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President Neil L. Rudenstine introduced the annual Albert H. Gordon '23 Lecture on Finance and Public Policy with a dig at Bush's alma matter, Yale...
Many rising juniors will spend next semester abroad in Spain, Argentina or Costa Rica. Others anticipate a year in Israel on an archaeological dig or in a classroom in the French Alps studying the intricacies of mountain flowers...
...publication of peer-reviewed research. She says research into anti-angiogenesis is familiar to the medical community, and has been under way for 30 years. Some rival studies may be further along than Folkman's. "Past experience has shown that often when announcements like this are made, if you dig a little deeper you find a biotech company in need of capital," says Gorman. "They're leaving out how difficult it is to get from this stage to something that will actually help people...
...dynamics underlying the transaction. Cash--especially U.S. dollars--is also portable, storable and exchangeable. (Just ask the thousands of Russian mafiosi who pay for nearly everything with crisp $100 bills.) And it holds up pretty well. If you're afraid of banks, you can still grab a coffee can, dig a hole in the backyard and have a pretty secure deposit. But paper cash does have some awful drawbacks. Lose it and it's gone; sit on it and it may lose its value overnight: think about what just happened in Asia, or earlier in South America...
Begin your journey at the Raven Site Ruin, one of the few archaeological digs where you don't have to be an archaeologist to dig in. Located near Springerville (about four hours east of Phoenix), the prehistoric site was a pottery-manufacturing center occupied by the Anasazi and Mogollon Indians until it was abandoned some 600 years ago. These days the site offers hands-on excavation programs that last from one day to one week (children must be at least nine years of age). Mornings are spent digging with trained archaeologists; afternoons include hikes to nearby petroglyphs (ancient rock drawings...