Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...into other hands. Then the Senate could attach any stipulations for removal which it pleased. For example, it could have the Secretary of the Treasury appoint the Comptroller General, and have the Secretary of Commerce appoint the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Constitution makers were cautiously indefinite about the unknown ground between the powers of the President and Congress. It has always been ground teeming with potential danger, but it only becomes a menace to stable government when a hostile Congress and President square off for violent combat: witness the turbulent administration of Andrew Jackson...
Chief Justice Taft's Opinion. The Chief Justice in his decision, a fortnight ago, wrote a 24,000-word history of this ground. There is a scholarly solemnity in his 'document, which was a year and a half in preparation. An extract...
...Scarcely had we emerged from the building when another and more violent shock seemed to cleave the earth asunder, throwing every one to the ground. Here we remained prostrate and stunned, expecting death at any moment...
...Norman, Okla., Custodian T. I. Stark of the city dump ground stuck to his post for five days, digging diligently with a broken knife in the garbage pile, examining every orange rind and scrap of paper, until he found a tiny bit of blackened bandage. Twentyfour hours after this find, a tiny silver tube was found in the litter and restored to its owners, Dr. E. S. Lain and Dr. M. M. Roland. The tube contained a grain of radium, worth $4,000; had been thrown away by a careless nurse and located approximately in the dump heap...
...mixers, derricks, lumber, steel, wires and glass. They had a 70-acre field to cover with buildings. Austin's planning department functioned smoothly. Supply dealers (mostly in Los Angeles) moved their materials on schedule. Men labored from dawn to dusk. In just 70% working days from the moment ground was broken this new cinema "city" was ready for First National Pictures to begin production...