Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...lecture a plan of a school building covering an acre that was built in two months and seventeen days. He will also describe the organization process used in building the town of Woodland, Maine, which includes a dam 2000 feet long, machine shops, railroads, paper, sulphide, and ground pulp mills...
...present the men will be divided into two squads, which will practice in the old baseball cage in the Gymnasium on alternate afternoons between 3.30 and 5 o'clock. Outdoor practice will begin as soon as the condition of the ground on Soldiers Field permits...
...sounding-board for a space presenting very difficult acoustic conditions. On either side of the royal palace will be a passage leading to the orchestra, located between the front row of seats and the palace, which, with it, forms practically a tangent. In this circular space of ground, about 65 feet in diameter, with its periphery marked by an apparent curbstone, the chorus and actors will perform their parts. In the centre of this circle will be erected the altar of Dionysus, under which the musicians and the prompter will be stationed...
Practically all of the promising candidates for the track team are now working daily in the open, but owing to the soft condition of the ground, are as yet unable to use the track in the Stadium. Under Mr. Lathrop's direction, however, the long distance runners are being sent out in squads along the speedway, and the sprinters individually along the side-walk of Boylston street; while the weight mn are practicing in Soldiers Field under Mr. Quinn's supervision...
...When a ball has been kicked, any player of the kicking team shall be called 'on side' as soon as the ball touches the ground. In case the ball touches the ground after a kick, it shall not be kicked from its position on the ground or while bounding, by any player of either side. If a kick or a forward pass goes outside of bounds before crossing the opponent's goal line, it shall belong to the opponents at the point where it crossed the sideline. If, however, it strikes any player who is 'on side,' and then goes...