Word: digging
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...indulge his penchant for jogging in garish training apparel. That's Creaser's regular life. But for about a fortnight in the middle of every year this acute, vital 52-year-old breaks out, leaving the Canberra winter to join a team of scientists on the annual dig at Riversleigh, Australia's most precious treasure trove of fossils...
...athletic department needed to dig up some dirt,” Russell told The Crimson. “They spent the past six to eight weeks doing so unbeknownst to me, and I had no clue that my job was in jeopardy. I made some mistakes—I admitted that in my performance evaluation—but they’re not the kind of mistakes someone is terminated...
...DIG THIS: Since 1951 rancher Waldo Wilcox, 74, had kept most outsiders from his 4,200 acres in a rugged part of eastern Utah. So it was only last week that the public saw, for the first time, his pristine secret: the ruins of an ancient (circa A.D. 900) Fremont Indian civilization. Among the well-preserved treasures are stone houses, arrowheads, pottery and rock-wall artwork...
...about his dog’s dirt-burrowing habits, plus a ready supply of verbal gaffes—“workin’ on some things” is how the president describes one afternoon’s agenda to a reporter. Moore also throws in the occasional dig at a celebrity, such as a clip of Britney Spears chewing gum, twisting a strand of hair around her head and avowing her faith in “our president.” Through these shots Moore relaxes his audience while telling us that a culture of unwavering support might...
...think older people really dig it,” Rosenstein says. “I think it’s so popular because it works on a lot of levels...it works as broad comedy and then it also works as smart comedy...