Word: digged
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Beginning in the fall of 1958, Dartmouth College will switch from two
16-week semesters to three eleven-week terms. Instead of taking five
courses at a time and thus scattering their attention five different
ways, students will be able to dig deeper into each subject by
concentrating on only three.
Gophers have dirty teeth, yellow bottoms, and thirteen stripes of a width-wise sort. They dig holes that trip cattle and eat grain, which aggravates farmers. They also incurred the enmity of Senator Richard L. Neuberger of Oregon, as if they didn't have enough trouble with nasty little men who pump bisulphide of carbon into their burrows. But at least these men make no pretensions about their aims, while Senator Neuberger has a sneaky, insidious scheme for annihilation...
...example, put on a pair of royal blue, pegged pants, rhythm your way into the office, extend hand, and say, "Dig ya cool cat." If this seeems degrading, dress quite conservatively and wear white gloves. When the interviewer extends his hand, shrink away, then walk around his arm and whisper furtively into his ear, "Germs you know, they're all over the place...
Because TIME didn't print a glossary, Are brickbats flying in, I wonder? Your "Smiley" leaves me at a lossary-I just don't dig so deep Down Under...
Look, Then Dig. Next step was to drive metal stakes in the ground about 15 ft. apart, send a weak electric current between them, and measure in this way the electrical resistance of the soil. Since the air space of a tomb raises the resistance and the filled-in earth at its entrance lowers the resistance, a few readings often tell the diggers exactly where to dig...