Word: grounds
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Much has been made of poll results indicating that 60 percent of Americans find homosexuality morally unacceptable. In response, the media and intellectual elite stake out the supposed moral high ground, proclaiming the other side unworthy of attention. The effect is not unlike a version of King-of-the-Mountain, only instead of conquering challengers, those at the peak shame competitors with ugly epithets. Thus, the intelligentsia use words such as "bigot" and "homosexuality morally repugnant. It is not surprising, then, that so few opponents of homosexuality are eager to step into public debate...
TAMPA, Fla.--So much for Tampa Bay's shaky offense being a liability against the explosive Minnesota Vikings. When the Buccaneers are at home, they're on solid ground...
...Crimson (4-3, 3-1 lvy) bounced Dartmouth (2-5, 1-3 lvy) from the League title race, limiting the Big Green's anemic offense to 225 yards, just 50 of those on the ground. The defense collected seven sacks and three takeaways to pace a 20-7 rout Saturday afternoon at Dartmouth's Memorial Stadium...
...Crimson ended up allowing a stingy 225 total yards, and only 50 came on the ground. But the game was over even before junior Mike Giampaolo hit a career long-tying 43-yard field goal to give Harvard a 20-0 lead with 4:09 left in the third quarter...
...Dartmouth offensive line spent more time pulling quarterbacks Mike Coffey and Brian Mann up off the ground than it did protecting them. Harvard recorded seven sacks, but the player Coffey and Mann will have nightmares of is junior tackle Chris Nowinski, who had four sacks and six tackles...