Word: digging
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...American people and culture that created the greatest nation of all time. It is Washington. The lawmakers who now wag their fingers at the "evil Wall Streeters" were the ones who created the conditions for this crisis. We do not need to become a socialist utopia to dig our way out. We need brash, hardworking, risk-taking, ambitious Americans guided by prudent regulation by their government. Charles van Ravenswaay, Houston...
After the signing, Presidents Obama and Clinton went off to plant trees with student volunteers. Obama sidled over to watch Clinton use a pickax to dig a hole, which the former President had obviously done before. Peering over the hole, President Obama said, "I just want to get in here so I don't screw...
...nobles around the site, a sign, perhaps, that a more regal prize dwells within. Using ground-penetrating radar, they have spied out three further subterranean passageways which they believe could lead to the grave. "If this tomb is found," Hawass told TV reporters as they set about their dig this week, "it will be one of the most important discoveries of the 21st century." (See pictures of Cleopatra through the ages...
...hard to divine what could be buried by Cleopatra's side, let alone how the storied queen's body itself may be preserved. Could there be treasures? The coiled skin of a snake? "A diary," offers Tyldesley, "would be fantastic." But Hawass and his team must hurry. The dig abuts the summer residence of President Hosni Mubarak, which may force the dozens-strong team of archaeologists to abandon work from May to November. The security concerns of Egypt's current ruler, after all, still outweigh the mystique of its past...
...Regardless of the outcome for the Stein and Biglin cups, both squads appear ready to dig in for a competitive spring season. Like his heavyweight counterpart, Barchick expressed excitement at the chance to break in the Charles, even if spring warmth remains elusive...