Word: digging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Republicans pleaded with Weinberger for help in making the inevitable excisions. "The worst thing we can do is dig in our heels," warned Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana. But Weinberger's rigidity was reinforced by the President himself, who dispatched a statement to his beleaguered Defense Secretary advising him to tell Congress that "we have reached the bone and that any further cuts would do severe damage to our national security." Republican leaders were forced to come up with their own suggestions. Warner proposed reducing the size of the armed forces by up to 7%. Senate Budget Committee Chairman...
...think any of us are sure what happened," Lori Stewart '86 said, noting the Crimson's recurrent problem. "We always dig ourselves into a hole. We can cut down a 30 point lead but we never seem to have enough time to pull...
...said they would have to be killed, and it should look as if they died in combat. When this was discussed, I practically went into a state of shock because of the moral conflicts it caused within me. It made me sick. They wanted me to provide soldiers to dig the graves, guards to control the Miskitos while they were being shot, trucks to transport them. I don't know if this massacre actually happened or not. On Aug. 10, I left Nicaragua...
...Erase the race that claim the place and say we dig for ore." She makes no overt 'statement,' but the primitive-sounding instruments and background follow a sparse, dirge-like rhythm, mourning the destruction of a people. At the same time, the dirge represents the grinding advance of heavy machinery. The background sounds of animals and chanting crowds of people give way to the mechanical advance, leaving only a lone, hopeless voice to utter a regret in an ancient tongue...
...canal skirting the Sudd was first envisioned by British colonial administrators at the turn of the century. The current $260 million project is being built by a French consortium, the Compagnie de Constructions Internationales (CCI). To dig the 15-ft.-deep, 170-ft.-wide channel, nearly half of which is now excavated, CCI is using 20 bulldozers, five road graders, three cranes and five shovels. The star performer is clearly "Sarah," a West German-built excavator that was named after a Sudanese official's daughter. By the time the Jonglei Canal is finished, the bucket wheeler will have moved...