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Word: grounds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...loose, my helmet cracked hard against the rock ceiling. Now both my arms were stretched straight in front of me, my legs straight back. The only way to get moving again in that tight space was to push myself with my boot toes, lifting myself off the ground with my elbows, gaining an inch or two each time. It was 50 feet that way. And most of the cave was still to come...

Author: By George R. Merriam, | Title: Where Have The Explorers Gone? Today's Adventurer Craves A Cave | 11/3/1966 | See Source »

...that isn't on the map at all. Even as a beginner, you feel you've accomplished something when the Grotto inducts you into its "Order of the Gunbarrel" for having "successfully negotiated that curious passage." And when you get outside of a cave and feel the solid ground underneath you, you really know how solid...

Author: By George R. Merriam, | Title: Where Have The Explorers Gone? Today's Adventurer Craves A Cave | 11/3/1966 | See Source »

...eclipse-observer with well over a dozen expeditions to his record, will be aboard a jet plane as November 12 dawns, at a height that will assure cloud-free visibility regardless of the weather below. Being airborne will also serve to prolong the viewing duration o the eclipse. For ground-based Noyes, totality will last about 90 seconds; but by flying at jet speed in the direction that the sun travels across the sky, Menzel will keep up with the eclipse for up to two and a half minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Astronomers Fly to Peru To Conduct Study of Solar Eclipse | 11/1/1966 | See Source »

While Rolvaag's campaign flourished financially, Keith's never got off the ground. The whole D.F.L. endorsed slate bemoaned its lack of funds. Keith even had to cancel a television appearance the week before the election when the dollars ran out. The rats with money may have left Kenth's ship simply because it was sinking. More likely, they deserted him because of his connection with what Minnesotans -- particularly Republicans -- loosely call "the insurance scandal...

Author: By Richard R. Edmonds, | Title: How to Get Mangled in Minnesota Politics: Sandy Keith Succumbs to Sympathy Vote | 11/1/1966 | See Source »

Sophomore tailback Dick Bracken, however, was the big rusher of the day with 131 yards in 18 carries. Now that its whole backfield is intact, Princeton in the last few weeks has been more consistent on the offense. Against Brown, the Tigers accumulated 346 yards on the ground...

Author: By Boisfeuillet JONES Jr., | Title: Leaders Stomp Also-Rans; Ivy Gels Into Old Pattern | 11/1/1966 | See Source »

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