Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...their paddock at Meadow Brook, the ponies, most of them mares, were slim and beautiful. Their light hooves touched the ground with delicate impatience; they arched their necks and spoke to each other in a language whose only meaning was enthusiasm. Hearing the voices in the stands, smelling the turf and the excitement, they wished the game to begin...
...last week dedicated the two new wings of its Music Hall, made it the occasion for a Greater Cincinnati Industrial Exposition. A thousand school children attended one afternoon, sang praises before a new marble bust of Stephen Foster, onetime Cincinnatian, composer of "Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground," "Old Folks at Home," Old Kentucky Home" and "Old Black...
Last year her petition for citizenship was refused by a Chicago District Court. Later the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed this decision, directed the granting of citizenship, on the ground that Mme. Schwimmer was naturally disqualified from bearing arms by reason...
...booters were held scoreless until the third period on account of the treacherous footing of the wet ground...
...Exeter, Rollins and Dean were the most consistent ground-gainers, while Gilligan and Mays showed up well for the Crimson. After Wood kicked the field goal, Exeter threatened the Harvard goal, but a pass was intercepted just before the close of the game...