Word: ground
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Canadian rules was, to quote a daily paper of that day, that "under the Harvard rules the ball must be kicked over a rope extending across the entire field, while, according to McGill's plan, the ball must be kicked over a wooden bar 10 feet from the ground...
...yard run by Churchill on the second play of the game prepared the way for Buell's field goal from the 36-yard line. Throughout the game Churchill proved a consistent ground gainer and in the end of the third period he got away for a 50-yard run. Buell, from start to finish, showed his ability to pick out the plays that were going to gain, and to diagnose the enemy tactics...
...important trade routes. The vast majority of flying accidents are caused by the lack of good landing places. If, for example, it could be made possible for a pilot flying from Boston to New York to be never out of gliding distance of a sufficiently large and even landing ground the danger of the flight would be practically eliminated...
Moreover, Princeton invariably plays her best game on her own ground; and invariably makes tremendous advances in the week prior to the Harvard game. There is no question but the the University eleven knows as much football as the Tiger team, and physically is approximately her equal. A few breaks for or against either team may decide the issue. Consequently the close student of football is looking for a very close game, while the uninitiated are making wild predictions as to the result...
...grave moment in American affairs and may not be dismissed with a word and a hope. Labor has withdrawn from the conference muttering; the representatives of the public seem to side with labor; capital sits tight; and the country waits to see how badly it is to be ground between the upper and the nether millstones...