Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first structure was probably situated in the Yard about where Gray's Hall now stands, and probably faced to the south towards what is now Massachusetts Avenue. The kitchen and buttery and the Senior Fellows' study were on the ground floor at the western end. The eastern end was given over to chambers within which small studies, about six feet square, were partitioned off. Each student had a study of his own, but the chambers were common. Between the chambers and the kitchen was the hall, entrance to which was through a projecting turret in the front of the building...
...migrated north. The males were colored black, white and ochreous; the females were a little duller and streaked. They all sang-until they headed into a freezing layer of air. Then they began tumbling, like feathers from a ripped pillow. Hundreds were chilled to death when they struck the ground. Other managed to reach trees. Where their long claws clutched at bark, they found footage and rested, necks pulled in, eyes squinting miserably...
...aerial tramway that connects the Utah Delaware Co.'s reducing plant with the mines. Last week as a high wind shrilled and blew, one Glen Higley, miner, rode the tram bucket. The cable thrummed; the slowly traveling bucket creaked and groaned as it swayed 200 feet above ground. Miner Higley felt frolicsome, peered over the edge. A bellows-gust of wind struck the swaying bucket neatly and pitched him out. Because he lit in a snow drift he will live...
...Meusel, Bob Meusel, Tony Lazzeri in real baseball action and almost smells the fresh rolled diamond, the frowsy gloves, the players' sweaters, the hero is filmed winning the final world series game for his team by sliding for home with a vicious lunge that sweeps him along the ground halfway from third...
...example, surveys the whole of English literature from the beginning to the present day. It is recommended especially for students who are not proposing to concentrate in English. Those who are may advantageously pursue either this or a series of courses dealing with certain periods, which cover the same ground more intensively. The lectures in English 28 are given in successive groups by various of the older professors. English 41 is a similar course but confines itself to modern English literature. English 79 surveys English literature by types, familiarizing students with fundamental critical ideas and terms, and interpreting the purposes...