Word: digging
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Initial estimates assess the whole project at about $3 billion. But given that the Big Dig has ballooned over budget, the costs of the urban ring could possibly end up far greater than this initial figure...
...backlash led by Benjamin Netanyahu - Sharon reportedly told his cabinet that in exchange for letting Arafat go free, the Bush administration would support Israel in its confrontation with the United Nations over the Jenin fact-finding mission. Having backed down on Arafat, Sharon may be even more inclined to dig in his heels over Israel's objection to the terms of the Jenin fact-finding mission, whose members remain in Geneva as Israel's cabinet continues to debate whether to approve their visit...
Bethune delights in speaking his mind almost as much as he likes climbing into a cockpit. He says competitors trying to cut costs last September were "stupid" to take off magazines and meals in coach, a direct dig at Dallas-based American Airlines. He ridicules "an Atlanta-based carrier"--a reference to Delta Air Lines--for cutting back its sales teams that cater to major clients, to save money after 9/11. "We high-fived each other when we heard it," says Bethune, who promptly sent his pilots into corporate cafeterias to reassure business travelers about security measures...
...Monday, and my editors and I were hoping to do a follow-up piece for later in the week. But the story went nowhere: students weren’t upset; there were no protests; not a single national media outlet picked up the story, and I could dig up no new news to put into another article...
...Houston expected captain Ben Crockett to make his final start against the team he almost beat in March when Crockett struck out six in a close 2-1 loss to the Owls. But Harvard Coach Joe Walsh elected to throw sophomore Marc Hordon against Rice, leaving Crockett to dig the Crimson out of the loser’s bracket on Saturday...