Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...grew tired on the way to the mountain stronghold, lagged behind, eventually lagged so far behind that she was able to escape. By virtue of an active mind and a good memory, she was able to recover her jewelry, valued at $50,000, which she had buried in the ground immediately after the train had jumped the rails. Subsequently she drew a map showing the place where the treasure lay hid. "Boy No. 1" of the Standard Oil Co. was despatched to the scene (TIME, June 11, 1923), later returned with what narrowly escaped becoming bandit duty...
...Choinyski, whom he calls "one of the gamest and best fighters that ever lived"-a slugging match on a raft in San Francisco Bay. Then he made a wreck out of Jake Kilrain, was matched with John L. Sullivan, the Strong Boy of Boston. Sullivan "fell hopelessly on the ground, on his stomach, and rolled over on his back." After that battle, Corbett made milk famous all over the world by drinking a glass of it to celebrate his victory. Came a night when he was the guest at a supper in the Savoy Hotel, London, at which Loie Fuller...
...looks for. The bad boy from Baltimore, Mr. Mencken, will no doubt declare it proof incontrovertible of hopeless literary flabbiness, and the flag-waving Mr. Sherman will somehow find in it another splendid victory for "the American spirit". But who can imagine Messrs. Sherman and Mencken on any common ground...
...those who insist upon every man's right to "indifference", there is no horror greater than the meaningless bombast of college yells. Those chaotic confusions of trills, barks, and sensless syllables arouse, and justly, the disgust of those who hope that college is a breeding ground of intelligent manhood. But is there in the recommendation of the Council any suggestion that such idiocies are to be perpetrated? The present cheer, when efficiently and enthusiastically supported by the stands, resounds majestically within the Stadium and the Bowl. There is no threat against the dignity and strength of the traditional cheer...
...discussion of birth control. Among the many organizations which have taken a decided stand against the mayor is the American Civil Liberties Union. At a recent meeting of this organization Professor Felix Frankfurter LL.B. '06 of the University Law School attacked Mayor Curley's attitude on the ground that it was an infringement of the right of free speech...