Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...weeks ago Mrs. Kahn of California, one of the two widows* in Congress, made her maiden speech, (TIME, May 10). Last week, perhaps spurred on by Mrs. Kahn's reception, perhaps en-heartened because Mrs. Kahn had broken ground, the other Congressional widow, Mrs. John Jacob Rogers of Massachusetts, who last year was elected to the seat vacated by the death of her husband, made her Congressional debut...
...backed by the Mellons and the organization of the western part of the state. Cyrus E. Woods, former Ambassador, is managing Mr. Pepper's campaign. He is Dry and his issue is support of the Administration. The second candidate is Governor Pinchot, fighting for nomination on the ground that he is Dryer than Pepper. He has a good bit of the church vote and also of the miner vote-important in Pennsylvania. The third is Congressman William S. Vare, boss of the Philadelphia machine, out and out Wet, who hopes to gain at least part of the miner vote...
...great lady and go about the world instead of stopping always in the quiet country among horses, dogs and simple folk; and of what came of it, including the talk that Jimmy the Hangman's house was haunted after his death until it blazed to the ground-all this is a strange, touching story that might or might not have happened just as it did; and no great matter, either, if likelihood is sometimes owed small debts...
Althopugh the M. I. T. boat won a clearly deserved triumph, the University Freshmen lost ground on account of a crab which number 7 caught about half way through the race...
Cote led off the fatal sixth with a long blow to center field which Burns captured after a hard run. Morrissey, the next men up drove a hard ground ball at the University third sacker and reached first on the error. He stole second, took third on Savage's out to the infield. The next man to face Barbee hit a fast bounding ball down the third base line which Zarakov bobbled. Freeman scored both men with a long single to left which went for a safety when Todd slipped and fell, and spiked the plate a moment later...