Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...down "in roughly the order of their likelihood," four states that he felt were "in some degree fighting ground" but normally Republican...
...then dealt with "real fighting ground"-the five border states-and conceded their 47 votes to Davis. These are: Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Missouri, Oklahoma...
...Leeds, the Premier spoke to the plebs from an improvised platform on which he and 30 others stood. In the middle of his speech, the platform collapsed, precipitating most of the occupants, including the Premier, to the ground. After picking himself up, Mr. MacDonald resumed his speech from a part of the platform left intact. He said that the collapse was an example of the weight with which Labor would bring down its opponents...
...same kind of thing as the report suggests. All men who are taking one of the five introductory courses are receiving an introduction to ancient civilization. They will have a certain amount of time set aside for this every week and will meet in small groups to discuss the ground which they have covered. This should serve to develop the ideas of the students and should give them a permanent respite from the regular routine of the course...
...play of a book or a magazine. But I doubt (this is no more than a snap judgment whose accuracy has no bearing on my argument) if even the bombastic Mr. Shaw, after ridiculing a play calls its author an idle dillettante, without first making very sure of his ground...