Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Smell of Death. To be sure, Betio has become the Broadway of Tarawa. A dance hall teems with devotees of the newly discovered twist. Outdoor movies attract audiences of hundreds each evening (10? to sit on the ground, 20? upstairs). But blockhouses and rusting gun barrels still pock the landscape, and laborers regularly unearth skeletons that have been buried beneath the sand for a quarter-century. It all came back, Sherrod reported-"the sweetly sickening smell of death given off by thousands of bodies rapidly rotting in the tropical sun, the sight of an island stripped of every...
Before the day was over, 21 men had made it to the frozen surface; but 78 others still remained trapped, some as much as 600 ft. below the ground. As hope diminished for their rescue, the disaster looked to be the worst mining accident in the U.S. since 119 men died in a 1951 explosion in West Frankfort, Ill.* Muffled explosions shook Consol No. 9 for three days, preventing rescue workers from going in after possible survivors. No one could say what set off the first blast, but once the fire was under way, it spread rapidly, feeding on combustible...
...main reason that the HUC is powerless is that it is so conscientious. That is, it feels it must follow the ground rules by which student-administration social life games are played. These rules are established by the COH and the administration. They state the obvious: unless you agree with us, we won't let you do anything...
...Frederick Greeley Crocker Award, which is given to the most valuable player, was presented to Vic Gatto, who is the all-time leading Harvard ground-gainer, at a Harvard Club banquet last night...
Senior Tim McLoone closed out the Crimson scoring in 135th place. McLoone also had difficulty escaping from the crowd and picked up considerable ground with a strong finishing kick. Jon Enscoe and Erik Roth were the other Harvard starters, gaining valuable large meet experience which will be helpful next year...