Word: groundful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Harvard's nation-pacing ground game with $27 yards gained in 130 carries, for a 6.4 average. He was the number three receiver in the Crimson's new-found passing attack. His nine receptions for 101 yards placed him behind regular ends Carter Lord and Joe Cook...
...watches the ground rush up to meet him or tastes the steel of a pistol-while another gives a shrug, takes a drink, or develops a manageable neurosis-is an enigma that has only recently received serious examination...
...attempted suicide is still a felony or a misdemeanor in nine states, though the laws are rarely enforced. Even the Roman Catholic Church has modified its position. It is not unusual these days to give a suicide a proper Roman Catholic funeral and a consecrated grave, on the ground "that his demented soul did not possess sufficient freedom of will for his heinous deed to constitute a mortal...
Despite these glitches, the astronauts doggedly followed their flight plan, even repeated Gemini 11 's feat of flying in tethered formation with the undocked Agena. "If you want to have some fun," Aldrin radioed to ground controllers, "try doing this with two attitude thrusters out." The astronauts also dispelled a growing suspicion that good astronauts make bad photographers. Unlike many previous Mercury and Gemini photographers, who underexposed, fogged and even lost some of their film, Lovell and Aldrin brought back roll after roll of beautifully exposed movie and still pictures, including shots of the total solar eclipse taken...
Similar displays were seen all over the U.S. Southwest. One meteor so illuminated the skies over New Mexico that it cast shadows on the ground. Astronomer Nathan Fain, at the University of Texas' McDonald Observatory, called it a "historic shower," possibly greater than any in the past...