Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...seems to have been taking a leaf out of Mussolini's book, inspired by the sight of how completely II Bonito controls his excitable peninsula; and its failure to obtain its objectives may be accounted for by the inability of Americans to do things as dramatically as Italians. The ground was prepared well. Many Americans are convinced that our national institutions are gravely threatened, and many more feel the childish thrill of joining with an organization dealing in large popular movements. The American public is as susceptible as any other to political charlatanism. The Klan uniform is much more sanitary...
Relay races between two divisions of the squad featured the drill. Roper stressed especially the importance of starting together and getting away as the ball is passed. McMillan, Baldwin, and Gates gained most ground in the race, accounting for the way in which the centers and guards have been covering punts during the last three games...
...work of Dignan, right halfback. Slagle, star Princeton carrier, remained on the sidelines yesterday, but although he has been the mainspring of the Tiger aerial attack all season, four out of seven passes were successful with him out of the game. Dignan did the tossing, and also gained much ground by his powerful linebucking. His punting was sensational, and promises to be at least on a par with the best Harvard can offer next Saturday...
...noticeable improvement in the forward pass defense was one of the few bits of encouragement gleaned by Crimson supporters from Saturday's game. William and Mary's highly-touted aerial attack failed to gain the visitors much ground, the Harvard backs knocking down a large majority of Matsu's tosses...
...major part of the game. In sharp contrast to the tackling of the Crimson forwards, the William and Mary defenders stopped the Harvard backs short. Captain Elliott, M. Davis, Parsons, and especially Todd, aided by the half-backs, buried the "new" Crimson offense; even Crosby failed to gain much ground. Cheek was still saving his leg and did not carry the ball; Miller made a couple of good gains in the closing minutes, but by that time the William and Mary players, seven of whom played the entire game, were exhausted, and for the first time the charge...