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Word: digging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...morning inspection of the rolls of concertina wire circling the camp is mandatory: one night a squad of North Vietnamese crept up, neatly cut a passage through for future use, and replaced it to look as though nothing had been disturbed. Each day, as they wait, the Marines dig in deeper, filling shiny grey sandbags and adding more layers atop their bunkers, preparing for the inevitable moment when Giap makes the ultimate test of Khe Sanh's defenses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: Showdown at Khe Sanh | 2/2/1968 | See Source »

They come from miles 'cause they really dig...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Son of Rock 'n' Roll Quiz | 1/29/1968 | See Source »

...arrangement was innocent enough. Though he ranks a lowly 97th in Senate seniority, Percy is deluged daily with some 1,500 letters and 200 telephone calls. Having exhausted his Senate office allowance of $279,306, he has had to dig into his own pocket for $80,000 to run his official business. The fund, led by the three Chicagoans, had as its goal $100,000 a year to meet Percy's expenses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: End of Innocence | 1/26/1968 | See Source »

...plan was to lower a "golden jewel box" to the moon's surface, dig an 18-inch hole with the spacecraft's mechanical arm and claw, then use the arm to put the jewel box in the hole. By bombarding the claw-dug moon material with alpha particles and measuring the speed and number of the rebounding particles, the 8-in.-sq. box could identify the chemical composition of substances beneath the moon's surface. Contamination by material from other parts of the moon and from meteorites would be avoided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: One for the Scientists | 1/19/1968 | See Source »

This is the Beginning because, very simply, we have to dig in for the long haul. It is not going to be easy to change this country. To change it is going to mean struggles and anguish day in and day out for years. It will mean incredible efforts at great human cost to gain a few inches of ground. It will mean people dedicating their lives and possibly losing them for a cause we can only partly define and whose outcome we can only guess at. We must say Yes to the long struggle ahead or this service will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'A TIME TO SAY NO' | 1/12/1968 | See Source »

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