Word: ground
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...young and has luminous children and his opponent is a pencil-necked geek) 60% of the vote, and two months after his Inauguration, he starts to brown around the edges and disillusionment sets in, starting with the people who once worshiped the ground he trod on and now see that, alas, he is a dumb cluck like everyone else and has no solutions for problems such as ignorance and cruelty and the aging process...
...after suffering one of the most humiliating defeats in its history at the hands of a small, improvised army of Chechen guerrillas, Russia last week was once again in a state of undeclared war with the mountainous republic. And the conflict is about to escalate dramatically. The first Russian ground forces have crossed the frontier, thrusting into two northern Chechen districts, while Russian commandos--the Spetsnaz--are reportedly moving into the northeast. In keeping with the best traditions of Soviet propaganda, Moscow announced that "the local people" in several Chechen districts are rising up against Islamic extremists. An estimated...
...Space is an exciting place to do science," Grindlay added. "Being in space is where we can do science that we can't do on the ground...
...research utilizes single-dish and interferometric ground-based observatories," she said...
This would seem to be the key to beating Cornell because although the Big Red has the highest scoring offense in the Ivy League, almost none of its production comes on the ground. Against Brown, Cornell racked up an underwhelming minus-25 yards rushing...