Word: digging
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Archaeologists travel the earth to dig for ancient artifacts, but for music archivists a buried treasure can be as close as a widow's dusty attic or a record company's forgotten storehouse. Consider the legacy of saxophonist John Coltrane. Though he died in 1967 and his best work has been available for decades, a cache of recently uncovered tapes offers fresh insights into the unique style and recording methods of one of jazz's revolutionaries...
...Journal just before his attempted suicide, Whitacre indicated that the $2.5 million the company said he took was, in fact, under-the-table payments ADM made routinely to favored employees. Whitacre is reported to have informed the Justice Department about the arrangement when he signed on as an informer. "Dig deep," he wrote the Journal. "It's there! They give it; then use it against you when you are their enemy...
...become dirty and boring, an affront to the intelligence of the American people. No matter how good a person Powell is, once he enters the political arena there are those people, politicians and journalists, who will go to extremes to destroy everything he stands for. What they cannot dig up, they will make up, and in the process we will lose a wonderful human being we can look up to and admire. JON MYERS Indianapolis, Indiana...
...male itch to resolve every dispute by going to war. Boldly eco-liberal, Pocahontas even pokes fun at the Disney Co.'s recent attempt to buy Virginia land and build a historical theme park, Disney's America, not far from Jamestown. "With all ya got in ya, boys,/ Dig up Virginia, boys!" sings Ratcliffe, as his toadying manservant sculpts exotic animal topiary of the sort found at every Disney park...
...mention the empire's dealings with the Israelites. One reference was written in the fifth year of the reign of Merneptah, Ramesses II's son and successor, commemorating his victory over the Libyans. It confirms the crossing of the paths of the Israelites and the Egyptians. Perhaps if archaeologists dig a little deeper, they will find Moses' swaddling clothes, and the historical debates will finally end. WALTER C. STRICKLAND Cerro Gordo, North Carolina...