Word: groundful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Vesper jumped to a quick lead, and Harvard's shaky rowers were just even with Penn, a crew twice defeated by the Crimson earlier this year. But by the 500-meter mark, Harvard had settled down to a smooth and surprisingly low pace of 35-36, and was gaining ground fast. At 1000 meters, it was half a length ahead of Vesper, a full length ahead of Penn, and still pulling away...
...Ritchard's voice all right. Titaniz puts him to sleep. Oberon enters and does his stuff; Ritchard, unmistakabley. Bottom awakes, the ass' head comes off, and, sure enough, there's Ritchard, prattling away as nicely as you please about not knowing his ass from a mole in the ground...
Last week U.S. troops tried the same sort of tactics-with far different equipment. As ground fighting flared up after a two-week lull, the Navy, Army and Air Force teamed with South Vietnamese regulars and staged a river assault reminiscent of Civil War engagements on the Lower Mississippi. They steamed off to battle in a "river assault flotilla" consisting of two converted World War II armored troop carriers and one "Monitor" gunboat that can slither along like water moccasins in shallow inlets and stand up to direct hits from recoilless rifles...
...charge was most dramatically made by Mrs. John T. McCullough, then a resident of Greenwich, Conn., who objected to a local appearance by Adler and Dancer Paul Draper on the ground that their appearances at certain political rallies showed they were "proCommunist" in sympathy. Adler and Draper countered with a widely publicized libel suit that ended in a hung jury...
Both Ralston and Stolle have worked hard at improving techniques since they turned pro-Ralston has added more spin to his service, Stolle has shortened his backswing on ground strokes. Both agree that they are playing better tennis now because they are working on an above-the-table cash basis. Simply enough, says Ralston: "It's worth a lot more money to go all the way than to be eliminated before the final round...