Word: dig
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...also in trouble. In February, in what should have been midwinter in the far north, Nunavut's capital city, Iqaluit, was a balmy 5*noneC and rainy. When the temperature dropped, a layer of ice froze over the tundra. Now there's fear that the caribou, which normally dig through snow--not hard ice--to get lichen in winter, will be underfed. So the Inuit can expect a significant change in their diet...
...Ulrich Wilhelm said last week. The Bundestag is expected to approve the troops measure in May. Europe's parliamentary debates feel a world away from Dubie, where the battle is focused on daily survival rather than on the country's political future. "People want roads reconstructed and land to dig," says Jan Peter Stellema, msf's relief coordinator in Dubie. "That is not much to ask. They are not asking for a TV set." And until roads are built and fields plowed, he hopes enough food will arrive in Dubie. If not, many more graves will soon...
...Republicans gave Bill Clinton. "Everything will grind to a halt," one said. That prediction could be a scare tactic designed to get out the G.O.P. vote. But Democrats say that if they are victorious in November, they plan to force Bush to be more accountable, and they intend to dig through records of contracts in Iraq, for homeland security and for the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Democratic Representative Henry Waxman of California, one of the most dogged critics of the Administration, would be in line to chair the House Government Reform Committee and could write witness lists instead of open...
...secondary goal is not just to do the service but to actually dig a little deeper into the issues that were revealed by the hurricane,” she said...
...like Bob Costas were supporting me,” Cheek says. “But on the other hand, I knew I was completely screwed. Harvard is an amazing university, and they’re not going to cave into pressure. In fact, all this will probably make them dig their heels in further.”Contrary to what many may believe, Cheek has not been sitting around moping or scheming. After winning his two medals in Turin, the speedskater has been flying from city to city, working for the charitable association Right to Play and doing three...