Sentence:  Time 's editor , Thomas Griffith , in his book , The Waist <WSD>High</WSD> Culture , wrote : `` most of what was different about it ( the Deep South ) I found myself unsympathetic to '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')