Word: grounding
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That is wrong. A large segment of the population lost ground economically during the Reagan years--the poor. According to the 1988 United States Statistical Abstract, from 1981 to 1987 the number of Americans living in poverty increased by 3 million. The percentage of the population living in poverty also rose, as did the percentage of impoverished American children. More than one of every five American children (and two of every five Black children) currently live below the poverty level...
...public, involved in the mismanagement seem able to escape legal and financial liability for their actions. Records released last month show that when the operation began in 1953, the Atomic Energy Commission told the contractor, National Lead of Ohio, to dump radioactive refuse into pits dug in the ground, then standard practice. When rainwater caused the pits to overflow, the AEC stonewalled the contractor's suggestions for fixing the problem. In 1958 National Lead warned that liquid was leaking through concrete storage tanks that had cracked. The commission's expedient solution: don't get new tanks, just keep the liquid...
...month, has crowded out pocketbook issues and focused Israeli thinking on the far more emotional themes of peace and security. In that sense, the Nov. 1 election is nothing less than a referendum on Israel's policies toward the occupied territories. Likud asserts a territorial imperative that cedes no ground to the Palestinians; Labor is willing to negotiate territorial compromise in exchange for peace. Each side accuses the other of being deceitfully unrealistic...
With seven minutes and 45 seconds remaining in the second quarter of The Game in 1982, a huge black weather balloon swelled out of the ground at the 45-yard line of The Stadium...
Running Backs: Tony Hinz produced just 34 yards on the ground last week against Princeton. He is due for a big day. He has rushed for 454 yards on 105 attempts (an average of 4.3 yards per carry). Silas Myers is the Crimson's second-leading ground gainer. He has rushed for 68 yards on 19 carries (a 3.6 average). Fullback Alex Konovalchik is third with 65 yards on the ground...