Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...coppery cannibal Indians of upper Brazilian Guiana, squatting at their fires, their poisoned arrows handy on the ground, are not perturbed when a cobra slithers into camp, or a scorpion stings a foot, or a stream of venomous winged ants pours out of the jungle to dispute possession of the clearing. They are used to these annoyances, and could themselves be annoying if you should ascend the Parima River to its source and find them at home, before they have made their annual pilgrimage over the Sierra Parima to the Orinoco Basin in Venezuela. But these placid cannibals were most...
Although I suspect that my own judgment of "The Moon is a Gong" may, if I see that production by the Dramatic Club, coincide with Mr. Morgan's prejudice, is it not a little hasty of Mr. Morgan to condemn the play in advance apparently on the sole ground that he does not approve of Mr. Dos Passes' opinions in Vanity Fair...
...McLaughlin had discussed pa tronage with the President. Could this, they asked, possibly mean that Mr. Coolidge had decided to snub the Nebraska Senators? Already four nominal Republican Senators (LaFollette, Brookhart, Ladd, Frazier) have been ejected from the party. The Democrats are almost certain to gain ground in the 1926 elections. Could the President possibly afford to cast off even the partial support of the Nebraska Senators? The President did not state...
...feet. It will be built under the west side of the dormitory, which so far has been reserved for a future addition. It will occupy the basement and the first floor. It will have a running track in the balcony which will be on a level with the ground. Entrances will lead directly on to the balcony, and thence by spiral staircases in the corners to the main floor of the gymnasium. The room will be large enough for basketball and also for setting up drill for a class...
Part of the ground plans for the buildings have been approved by the officers of the Business School, although the final draughts have not yet been forwarded by the New York architects, Hegemann and Harris...