Word: digging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Engler's beast-to-beauty story began in 1990, when he defeated Democratic incumbent James Blanchard by a margin of less than 1%. Engler was not particularly popular, but he promised to dig a strapped Michigan out of a $1.8 billion deficit without raising taxes. He lost no time starting. Half a year after his election, he shocked observers by eliminating Michigan's general-assistance program for the state's 83,000 childless, able-bodied poor. Then he moved on to civil servants, cutting 20 boards and commissions and 5,000 state jobs...
...Forbes has managed to avoid any hand-to-hand combat, it may be because it's a skill he has practiced all his life. As rivals and reporters dig through his biography and professional record, a pattern that emerges is a gift for conflict avoidance. Being rich, to start with, provides a lot of cushion. Forbes' Princeton friend Chris Leach recalls the day in 1970 when he borrowed Forbes' brand-new, bright orange Mercury Cougar XR-7 to make a pizza run--and totaled it. When Steve found out, Leach recalls, "he just looked at me and said...
...First, you have to dig through the CUE guide--including back issues--and look for classes that get higher than a 3.5 [rating] overall and under three for reading, workload and difficulty," he says...
...Dig a little deeper, though, and you will find one unexpected contender for the league crown. As improbable as it may seem, Harvard (12-6, 4-2 Ivy) is poised for a run at the conference title...
When Randy Foley opened the door of his Chatham St. home on the evening of Jan. 7, Kayla, his 18-month-old Great Dane, darted toward the fence, began howling and tried to dig a tunnel into his neighbor's backyard...