Word: dig
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fight. Although the two sides are only $200 million apart over how much to spend, the dispute is over how to spend it: The GOP wants additional spending to take the form of block grants to the states; the White House insists on federal control. Rather than dig in their heels, the Republicans have tended to sign off on some of Clinton's pet projects but then insert riders that the President may find politically tricky...
...agents Robert Fraley and Van Arden, golf-course designer Bruce Borland and the jet's two pilots, plowed nose-first into a farm in rural Mina, S.D. The crash left their remains entombed in a 30-ft. by 40-ft. pit of muddy pasture. "It's like an archaeological dig," said Bob Benzon, the National Transportation Safety Board investigator leading the recovery. "We have to go down layer by layer." So far, the digging in the mud--and in the records of the jet and its flight--has only deepened the mystery of the tragedy...
...Professor Scrutiny Version Two suggested a more politicized approach. Working title: "My Professor's Totally Loaded! Faculty Salaries at Harvard." We'd dig and dig until we discovered who was making the big bucks and which professors got offers from Harvard they just couldn't refuse--a new Volvo, sabbatical every other year, a mega-office. Could have been great but without much enthusiasm from the FM editorial staff the story pooped out--dead again...
...road to our cultural consciousness was not a quick one for Japanese animation. Only a few years ago, the availability of anime in America was rather limited; die-hard fans who wanted to get their hands on the latest imports had to dig around for them, in obscure video stores or at science-fiction conventions. As interest spread, however, so did availability...
...most intriguing games this week should be the Bills at Baltimore. These are two wild cards, and it could come back to quarterbacking again. Doug Flutie, the little spitfire that he is, doesn?t dig losing twice. When the going gets rough, Flutie takes the game into his own hands, and Baltimore isn?t all that effective against the pass...