Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...railwaymen went on strike because they wanted more money, in the aggregate 250,000,000,000 kronen ($3,571,000). Herr Gunther, President of the Federal Railways, refused the men's demands on the ground that they were impossible to meet, owing to the rigid economy prescribed by the Government in adherence to the League of Nations program of reconstruction. Unable to effect a settlement, Herr Gunther resigned as President...
Many feel that Strauss has acted pettishly. He is accused of ingratitude to the city which has spread his fame and built him a little palace, set in princely gardens. Strauss excuses his long absences from the city on the ground that he needed money. This, too, is resented. Strauss is known to be well...
...site of Dane Hall; two dormitories flanking Holden Chapel; a dormitory between Matthews Hall and the west fence. Said the Crimson, undergraduate paper: "The idea ... is almost certain to arouse student opposition from at least a portion of the undergraduate body. It is new. It is sudden . . . hallowed ground. So away with it. . . . However, the idea rather grows...
...This will be the greatest structure ever erected by any community to tell its own living will", says Chancellor Bowman of the new edifice. The determination to rise to dizzy heights instead of staying close to the ground is masked under the cloak of convenience, saving in land investment, better light, etc., but it is perfectly obvious that an exuberant community is merely indulging in a little self-advertising. No starting academic progress may be expected from such an innovation, and on the grounds of sentiment the thing becomes preposterous. Buildings pleasantly mantled with ivy, the play of sunlight among...
Speaking in Paine Hall yesterday afternoon on the "Actual Teaching of Jesus Himself" Dean W. L. Sperry of the Divinity School said, "Although Jesus was always addressed as teacher, save for one instance, the writing on the ground, he never wrote anything...