Word: digging
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...That would be a good example of when I had to dig deep," says Shanahan, 39. Apart from being publicly profiled as pedophiles, priests have a job that is harder than ever. As always, people expect their priest to deliver inspiration on Sundays and know the name of every parishioner, to show up at the hospital at 4 a.m. and to keep the church financially solvent. And let's not forget he is supposed to be the face of Jesus. But now most Catholics have only one full-time priest, instead of the three or four their parents...
...Still, should a $1200 chopper ride and a little babysitting cause more of a flap than the $15 billion cost overrun for the Big Dig which occurred under the watch of her two male predecessors? Welcome to the Big Time, where the personal failure usually gets bigger headlines than an ongoing public one, as former President Clinton could have told her. She made certain the personal would be the political by setting a world record for long commutes, choosing to live in Williamstown, Massachusetts, nearly three hours from the capitol. Perhaps Massachusetts should provide housing. Yes, Boston real estate...
...great friend J.J. forgets to mention that. You see, we furnish him with items." J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster): "Yes, with your clients' names attached. That's the only reason the poor slobs pay you: to see their names in my column all over the world.... [Press agents also] dig up scandal about prominent people and shovel it thin among columnists who give them space." - dialogue from the film "Sweet Smell of Success...
...from the Middle East. Many on Capitol Hill have been clamoring to “reduce America’s reliance on foreign oil.” Many Republicans with friends in the oil industry have suggested that the way to do this is to dig in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska—a plan that would take 10 years to produce any oil at all and which would produce a paltry amount compared to the amount America imports. The more sensible plan for reducing dependence on foreign oil is, of course, to reduce consumption. Supporters...
This, of course, raises the question of why Harvard is playing the anti-Robin Hood and robbing the poor to subsidize the rich. With $18.3 billion comfortably in the bank, shouldn’t Harvard be the party forced to dig a little deeper into its pockets...