Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...would be headed, as Artist Matejko's are, toward the ship's stern, either before take-off or after landing. They invariably land at the stern and take off at the bow in the same direction as the carrier is traveling, thus utilizing the carrier's ground speed to achieve their landing or take-off air speeds...
...lovers wanted the unveiling put off till spring, when the plaza would look more verdant and hopeful. Barrel-chested Mayor Bernard Francis Dickmann last week gathered himself together and chose a December date. Director of Streets and Sewers Frank J. McDevitt objected to the whole thing, on the ground that motorists would look at the nudes instead of watching where they were going. But St. Louis art lovers reflected proudly that, whenever the figures are unveiled, a Carl Milles fountain will be well worth a few traffic accidents...
...trusts; Taft had to make it connect. T. R. had been supple enough to play politics with a conservative Congress without seeming to do so; Taft had to temper Uncle Joe Cannon and was promptly accused of bowing to him. T. R.'s bouncing spirit rode the ground swell of the Progressive movement; Taft was too solid to bounce. His great girth, white walrus moustaches and booming chuckle made it easy for people to like him at first, just as easy for them to see him later as an affable pushover for Big Business...
Charley d'Autremont played the best game of the career in the futile attempt to stop the Tiger onslaught. On two separate occasions he and Bill Edgar made hairbreadth saves of shots at the Crimson goal when Penson had been thrown to the ground in the melee...
From the 20, Spreyer free-kicked to Princeton, which, on a short series of ground gains, was back in scoring position. The touchdown tally resulted from a pass, Peters to Stanley, and a repetition of Penn and Dartmouth seemed inevitable...