Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard is to emerge as an Ivy League contender, junior quarterback Jay Snowden will need to provide timely passing to counterbalance the Crimson's potent ground attack. Although the 6-1, 200-pound Snowden possesses the physical tools, the jury is still out on his passing accuracy. Used primarily as an option quarterback in two-point conversion situations last season, Snowden quickly gained the respect of his teammates, who seemed equally comfortable with him as with Ferrara...
Protecting Snowden and opening holes for Hu and Jones, Harvard's offensive line developed little cohesiveness last season due to multiple injuries. An offense which averaged over 20 points per game during the first four contests ground to a halt during the middle of the season when the line wore down...
...biggest town issue, according to Gilmore, is water quality--a water and sewer system was first installed in the early 1980s. Previously, residents used septic tanks and ground wells. Often, the sewer pumps have failed entirely. "The sewage doesn't flush," Gilmore complains...
...Pentagon a reason to get rid of the air-defense missile sites in the no-fly zone. The question is whether the response this week will be stronger and more effective than it was last week." Providing an effective response could prove a delicate balancing act. Short of a ground assault on Iraq, the U.S. is ultimately limited in just how far it can go to control the Iraqi leader. Thompson says that while the U.S. will most likely step up its response, it does not want to launch too strong an attack out of fear it won't deter...
DENVER: Try this one on: it seems Gay Balfour, a nearly broke Colorado machinist, had a dream one night. In vivid detail, he saw an enormous yellow truck with a green hose that sucked furry little rodents out of the ground. And wouldn't you know it, the next day he had a job at the Ute Mountain Indian reservation, where the farm's irrigation system was being overrun by prairie dogs. On the way home, he noticed an old sewage truck for sale -->