Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...greatest disadvantage of a university is the stiffing effect it has on the individual in respect to his relations with his fellows. There is none of the spontaneity of youth in Cambridge, that is to be seen on all sides in Willianstown. A friendly slapping on the back is ground for an action of battery, and to walk arm in arm is almost immoral. The playful spirit in which you live on your Rousseauistic stage is here relegated to children below the age of 14 years, and any signs of horseplay are taken as evidence of a breach...
...technique of bringing the world's knowledge to the service of the world's life." And in the Century for May: "Politics should be the point at which knowledge meets life and becomes socially effective. . . . Theoretically, at least, a state university should be the rallying ground and repository for the knowledge needed for the wise management of the life of the state...
...Coney Island, N.Y., one Harry Mann went for a ride on a Giant Coaster. On the rear seat sat a male and female, lovingly. Curious about their activities, Mann drew a mirror from his pocket, stood up in his seat, tottered, fell under the rear wheels, was ground to death...
Like basketball, the game starts from the center of the field, in a circle 20 feet in diameter. The game is opened by the act of "facing" in which the two centres, each with his left shoulder towards his opponents' goal, hold their sticks wood downwards on the ground, the ball being placed between them. When the signal is given the centres draw their crosses or sticks sharply inward in order to gain possession of the ball. The ball may be kicked or struck with the crosse, as in hockey, but the goal keeper alone may handle it, and then...
...Players must have confidence in that courage of their supporters. This confidence comes rather slowly. It is carefully built up and the substitution of an understudy undermines this stable ground of assurance. I imagine that nowhere is that so true as in vaudeville. There speed is the vital force...