Word: dig
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...sniping from both sides have turned up in the press, as have some unusual story proposals attributed to O'Donnell. Among the contested ideas: printing photos of her pregnant partner Kelli Carpenter, and running a Mike Tyson cover. But it could be worse. One could be publishing "Why Chicks Dig Stubble," "50 New Tattoo Ideas" and "Three Chicks Hotter Than Tara Reid" in the Carson Daly Review...
...taller of the two upright Buddhas was just 180 ft.) The statue is believed to be entombed, either buried intentionally before the first Islamic invaders arrived in the 9th century or covered by debris from an earthquake or the natural erosion of nearby cliffs. Archaeologists are debating whether to dig for the Buddha in an area covered by land mines. Some argue it is an important cultural relic that should be unearthed, but others fear that more Taliban-like fanatics could smash this Buddha as they did the others in March 2001. Scholars and donor countries working through the United...
...forthcoming. "We have decided to target some of the reconstruction assistance in that area," says State spokesman Richard Boucher. Afghan officials say villagers in the Deh Rawood district are soon to be the beneficiaries of a number of building and rehabilitation projects. American drilling teams are scheduled to dig much-needed deep wells at twelve district schools, and two high schools in the province's capital, Tarin Kowt, are to be renovated, as well as a small hospital in the dusty district where the raid went wrong. Also, a 50-mile road linking Tarin Kowt with the southern city...
...with the Big Dig now a four-letter word in Washington—most notably with fiscal conservative John S. McCain (R-Ariz.), the ranking Republican on the Senate committee that controls transportation funds—that money will not be easy to come...
...can’t lose our nerve,” Lee said. “This is a region that has always thrived on big projects—filling in Back Bay, the construction of 128, the Big Dig. The ability to put this project in place would make [the region] all the more attractive to people who create the next century...