Word: digging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many experts dig deeper -- but the roots they pull up are a messy tangle of societal ills. "We have a whole generation of kids suffering from neglect," says sociologist Stephen Klineberg of Houston's Rice University. "There is no one at home when they return from school, and this neglect in socialization results in increased violence." Others cite neglect's twin evil, child abuse, or that distant relative, school truancy. Liberals decry poverty; conservatives fault the decline of family values...
Richards' singing starts out as minimalist statements and slowly grows into an over-powering, howling duet with his backup. The track goes on a full two minutes longer than the original, and the juggernaut groove seems as though it could go on forever. When Richards voices over, "Dig these guys," at the end, you're still in shock...
Wagner will have plenty of time to dig deeper into Choson history, as he and eight other Faculty of Arts and Sciences colleagues retire at the end of this academic year...
...know whether he will succeed. If he bombs the Bosnian Serbs, their brethren across the Drina River in Serbia proper might heed the call of blood and join them for a war of annihilation against the Muslims. Or the Serbian militiamen who now bestride 70% of Bosnia may simply dig in and refuse either to negotiate or pull back...
...considered "exemplary" -- has dumbfounded many Americans. But while the DeBoers have garnered the most sympathy, they also share part of the blame. Within weeks after they first tucked Jessica into her new nursery, Roberta and Jan learned that the biological parents were fighting to regain custody. By choosing to dig in even after the adoption proceedings were nullified, the couple risked defeat later, when transfer to another home would be more devastating for Jessica...