Word: grounded
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Finally, professors can hit the ground running. Under the shopping days system, instructors in their first official class meeting can begin lecturing on the subject matter in earnest. The shopping days meetings fulfill the functions of general introduction and discussion of the syllabus...
While his work focused primarily on SPECT, some of Dr. Holman's most ground-breaking research came in 1987 when he used X-ray and CAT-scan imaging to analyze the bodies of several Egyptian mummies...
Although dancers cover the ground surrounding The Cage, The Cage itself is sparsely populated with only a few fancifully-dressed clubgoers...
...propeller-driven trainer flown by cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy that has killed six people in three crashes [NATION, Jan. 12]. By suggesting that the failure of the plane's single engine has caused the aircraft to fall and corkscrew into the ground, you perpetuate the misunderstanding that flying and airplanes are inherently dangerous. The truth is that a good pilot will almost always walk away uninjured from an engine failure by finding an open space on the ground and gliding the plane to a forced but safe landing. LAWRENCE D. MARTIN Naples...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said Monday it would support a U.S. attack on Iraq if diplomacy fails, but, according to high-placed Saudi sources, it hasn't agreed to be a staging ground for the attack ? and that, at least, is good news for Saddam. The lack of a ground-based command-and-control structure, including airstrips and vast support facilities, would affect the scale and scope of an American assault. "If it's a carrier-based attack they won't be able to deliver much firepower," says TIME Washington correspondent Douglas Waller. "Not having any ground-based assets forces...