Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Paris court. Both his wives were present; both pleaded for leniency, urging that Adolphe was a good husband and father. His attorney urged that the bigamist was helping France when she needed babies. The jury condemned him to two years in prison, but recommended his release on the ground that it was his first offense. Dr. Lutembacher, "distinguished French scientist," claimed that he has invented a cardometer capable of distinguishing between true and false love by measuring heart throbs. The invention aroused the intense curiosity of the feminine...
...punitive legislation ever taken in the United States. If successfully administered, it will mark the end of an era in prison management which has lasted in this country since the days when the only goal in Connecticut, for example, was an abandoned mine, entirely beneath the surface of the ground...
...opportunities for intelligent discussion, but rather as occasions for the writing of weekly or fortnightly examinations. As long as a course is conducted under this plan there is little chance that the theoretical purpose of the section meeting will be fulfilled. Since there seems to be no entirely defensible ground for frequent quizzes in sections, the logical step would be to eliminate them and allow the meeting to achieve its true purpose--intelligent oral discussion...
...have said that your object has been to produce a picture of our Commonwealth of Nations. No one can doubt that this has been fully attained. The exhibition may be said to reveal to us the whole empire in little, containing within its 220 acres of ground a vivid model of the architecture, art and industry of all the races which come under the British flag...
...ground level of this building and directly connected with the dormitories by covered passage, are the dining halls. They consist of a large room for the students, with a counter for cafeteria or self-service, although it is also arranged for waiters to serve the tables. The kitchen is on this same floor with its ice boxes, bake-shop, and stores...