Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fortunately for all concerned, the monsoon begins in three weeks. Then the whole area will be under water-driving Indians, Pakistanis and wild asses alike to higher, safer ground...
...believe that integration is contrary to God's will," says the Rev. Ernest Risley, 59, Pennsylvania-born rector of St. John's for 29 years. Since his installation, he has refused to admit Negroes to worship-except for servants attending a family wedding or funeral-on the ground that those who show up at the door want to make a political point rather than pray...
...from the church, decided to put the matter to a vote by the 1,400-member congregation. By 785 to 75, with 125 absentee ballots still to be counted, the members voted to secede. After the vote, Father Risley submitted his resignation from the ministry to Stuart on the ground that the church was "embarking upon new canonical requirements which cannot lead to anything but heartbreak and sorrow...
...days, the leaping, pirouetting Chinese ground down their opponents with savage smashes and infuriating chops that sent the ball spinning crazily off the table. The frustrated Russians complained bitterly-and futilely-that their comrades were serving illegally, rolling the ball against the racket instead of hitting it in the air. At times, it seemed more like an exhibition than a competition, as the Chinese took the men's and women's team championships, plus five of seven individual titles...
...wearing dirty long underwear. He pushes an obese violinist through the streets of Chicago in a wheelchair. He is pursued through the phallic phantasmagoria of a sausage factory by a uniformed guard until a junk sculptor (Thomas Erhart) darts to his rescue. The sculptor defeats the guard, who is ground into lunch meat...