Word: grounding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plane could not. Hurtling at 164 m.p.h., the Boeing 727 jet hit the ground on its right wing, snapped open in two places, skidded for 1,000 ft. and finally stopped in a field of knee-high weeds. Flaming jet fuel splattered inside the shattered fuselage, igniting carpets, paneling and seat covers that gave off lethal gases as they burned...
Transportation experts generally agree that in most cases a huge highway- building program is not the answer. "We cannot pour asphalt and concrete on the ground fast enough, and in the face of today's political and social environment, I am not sure that people would accept it," says Robert Farris, chief of the Federal Highway Administration. As a practical matter, the cost of buying up suburban houses worth at least $250,000 apiece for a right-of-way would be prohibitive...
...students, then at least for the academy. Only by occupying high moral ground have the nation's universities maintained their respected position in American society. By debasing its actions to the level of a self-interested corporation, Harvard is rapidly losing its moral integrity. Venturing into the real world is an irrevocable step, and Harvard had better come to ethical terms with its own practices...
Since her first book, If Morning Ever Comes (1964), Tyler, 46, has held and cultivated her ground (mainly Baltimore, where she lives with her husband and two daughters), aware of but not unduly influenced by social trends and media dazzle. Her work has evolved organically, from relatively simple tales of aspirations and young love to more complex narratives about marriages and the eccentric flowerings of unrealized dreams. To the extent that she writes situation seriocomedy about American families, Tyler has ties to John Updike, although she does not possess his magic flute or his steamy sense of original sin. Also...
Therapists have also had success with written "no-hitting contracts," which lay out the ground rules for couples who are having trouble. Other techniques aim at making aggressors realize that their violence is unlikely to change their partners' personalities. Brian, 27, a Boston graduate student, came to see that his own unrealistic expectations were fueling his fists-first attitude. "I even had a list of five things I wanted my girlfriend to achieve," he recalls. "I'd count on my fingers and say, 'If I marry you, you'll have to do this, this and that...