Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...target for what kind of anger? History lies in wait in the woods that stretch 100 miles through East Texas to Louisiana, biding its time to strike. Towns like Jasper were the refuge for Confederate deserters who fled to the forests after the Civil War. The area became fertile ground for the Klan. "There is a predisposition, a culture over here in East Texas," says John Craig, co-author of Soldiers of God, a new book about America's white supremacists. "It does not express itself all the time, but it is rampant over here." An all-white militia group...
Huddled on the ground against a wall, Justin and Kim, 24 and 18, scoff at Tom's pipe. They're bangers--they shoot their crank--and anyone who does different is crazy, they say. "We've been off it 11 days," says Justin. "I'm trying to get my tolerance back down so it won't take me so much to get spun out," he explains. As narcotics go, crank is famously cheap--a $20 bundle keeps you buzzing for up to 12 jaw-grinding, heart-pounding hours--but frequent users still have trouble affording it. For one thing, they...
Some people are using the summer to travel. Some people are using it to work. Some people are using it to vegetate in front of the television. I am using it to run myself into the ground...
...France strike, the airport truly resembled the Paris zoo. Luggage of all shapes and sizes spilled out into the hall and angry passengers were fighting to reclaim their precious suitcases. My trek out onto the runway to grab my luggage resulted from the lack of any noticeable ground transportation...
...inches of rain covered the D-level of Widener Library and the ground level of Lamont Library, said Susan A. Lee, associate librarian of Harvard College for planning and administration...