Word: grounds
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Residents said they were worried about contaminants in the ground which could be spread by the construction...
...everything, and punishment is automatic. If a boy is late for a class, he has to get up early the next morning and trudge to the office to sign the "tardy book." Eton has upgraded itself academically in the past 10 years and is considered not just a training ground for the rich and titled but one of the best schools in the country. Wills seems equal to the rigors. Says Bradford: "If he were not up to it, they would not have sent...
Connecticut's Supreme Court broke important new ground last week by ruling that school segregation violates the state's constitution, no matter what caused it. But the shocking thing about the ruling was the knee-jerk reaction of elected officials like Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. "There will be many who are disappointed by this decision, as am I," he proclaimed. "We disagree [with it] and fear the consequences." Even before many people had a chance to read the decision, Blumenthal, a Democrat, had joined Republican Governor John G. Rowland in drawing lines in the sand. No "involuntary busing" to diversify...
...greatest track athlete of all time, of course, was Jesse Owens. The son of Alabama sharecroppers, Owens said his secret was, "I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible." In Berlin in '36 he began his assault on Hitler's Aryan-superiority theory with his victory in the 100, the first of his four gold medals. African Americans would in fact win all but three Olympic 100s from 1932 to 1968. The blessing of modern professionalism is that runners can keep running; Owens had to resort to racing thoroughbreds in exhibitions...
...Olympic sport are being damaged by the fact that it's so hard to believe. I don't mean that the feats some of its players manage seem unbelievable, in the way it seems unbelievable for Michael Jordan to make a home for himself several feet off the ground. I don't mean that, as might be said of riding a bicycle straight up a mountain, it's hard to believe that anybody would want to do such a thing, even for a gold medal and a cereal-endorsement contract. I mean that it's difficult to persuade people that...