Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Special meetings are scheduled to consider the President's suggestions. From previous comment, it seems likely that they will decline voluntarily to lower rates on the ground that it would result in severe losses which the railroads cannot now afford...
This latter piece, "The Sea" might well bear for sub-title: "Much Ado about Nothing." Its composer, Mr. Frank Bridge, is supposedly representative of the Englishmen of the middle ground, Williams, Holst, and the rest. He has all the faults of a neutral, chief among them dullness. Brevity is not one of his virtues. As a conductor he is energetic; one would like to see (not hear) him conduct such a piece as "Ein Heldenleben...
...THEY COMPARED IN THE FIRST HALF First Period. Second Period. Dartmouth Harvard Dartmouth Harvard Number of rushes 21 5 14 8 Ground gained by rushes (yards) 73 6 42 14 First downs 5 0 1 0 Number of punts 4 5 3 4 Average distance of punts (yards) 47 43 44 54 Forward passes attempted 2 0 3 2 Forward passes completed 1 0 0 0 Yards gained by forward passes 19 0 0 0 Yards lost on penalties...
...little consequence which of the two arguments is nearer the truth. There is a third explanation which is more appealing than either of the others, for it is based not on hypotheses put on statistics. The subects which, together with English, have gained greatest ground during the past three years are almost invariably cultural--History, History and Literature, Fine Arts, the Classics. On the other hand such more exact fields of concentration as Mathematics, Biology, and Geology, not to speak of Engineering Sciences, have increased in popularity little if at all. So runs the argument...
Chase's first touchdown came early in the game, when he rushed in and blocked a punt on Harvard's 40-yard line. Instead of batting the ball to the ground, he caught it cleanly in his arms and ran it 60 yards for a touchdown...