Word: ground
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Marines are strangely revising their own findings. Last week an officer speaking on behalf of the corps told TIME that it believes pilot error caused the crash because the crew failed to glide the chopper safely to the ground with its unpowered but spinning rotor blades. That is a startling assertion, given that the official investigation contained no hint that the crew members' actions contributed to their death. It seems the Marine credo--"The risk of death has always been preferable to letting a fellow Marine down"--may have been set aside in this case...
...President of Tanzania addressed a Kennedy School crowd just yards away, Army hounds put their noses to the ground and U.S. Secret Service agents stood watch nervously...
...Would the West have put ground troops in Bosnia if Russia was still a communist state?" Major asked. "The answer is, we would...
...Harvard women's volleyball team went up 1-0 against Portland on this past Sunday's New England Invitational. And then they kept on pounding. The Crimson ground down Portland one point at a time, maintaining a concentrated focus throughout the match...
...winless but tops in the wild and wacky AFC West because, well, they haven't lost any games yet either. Which just goes to show, you can win if you don't play, a strategy we just might be willing to consider if we don't make up some ground this week...