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...don’t think our overall game was there,” Weiss said. “But give credit to Northeastern, because they dug a lot of balls...
...We’re very pleased with the way we played [on Sunday],” captain Chris Wu said. “We just had a tough start [on Saturday] and dug ourselves a pretty deep hole...
BUSH In response to criticism of the mushrooming budget deficit, Bush's chief economic adviser, Gregory Mankiw, acknowledges that the tax cuts, along with spending on homeland security, have dug a hole. "The deficit is unwelcome but understandable," he says. Mankiw says that further tax breaks will be offset by cuts in spending. He vows that this fiscal discipline and economic growth will halve the deficit in five years...
...order amid the chaos of post-Saddam Iraq. Allawi had set himself up as a tough guy ready to impose draconian measures to quell the country's relentless violence. Yet taking the fight all the way to the golden-domed Imam Ali shrine, where al-Sadr's men were dug in, could spark uncontrollable rage among the country's majority Shi'ite population. Unrest had quickly spread across the Shi'ite south and into Baghdad's teeming Sadr City slums. Washington sensed that a critical turning point had been reached: a widening conflagration would not only be devastating...
...National Geographic Society dug into its archive of maps, rare books and photographs and even peered into its explorers' abodes to create its first home collection. "We all aspire to have a home that looks like we've traveled the world," says John Dumbacher, the society's senior vice president of licensing. Thus a temple in the ancient Khmer Empire was the inspiration for a carved-mahogany armoire ($1,699). Net proceeds from the 2,500-piece line--which includes linens, furniture, lighting and ceramics--will help fund the work of archaeologists and anthropologists. To learn more about the collection...