Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Many a signature was found to be an out-&-out forgery. In 21 States the Communist Party was either barred from the ballot or made no effort to get on. Arizona ruled that Communists were not qualified to hold office, on the ground that they could not swear to uphold the Constitution...
...twice the circumference of its footprint. In the middle of the afternoon he caught sight of his prey in ten foot elephant grass and drew a bead with his .256 rifle. The first shot hit between the elephant's oar and eye and as the animal crumpled to the ground, another tusker charged from the grass. A charging elephant is an impossible shot because of the thick skull covering the front of its head, so all Sewall could do was to hit it in the mouth, merely giving the beast a head-ache...
...Copley Productions is merely trying to give Boston a better than average taste of amateur theatricals, they're doing a first rate job. But if they seriously consider themselves a testing ground for plays of Broadway calibre, they're very definitely nestling in the wrong pew. Their offering this week, "Return Engagement," looks like a very bad combination of "Stage Door" and "Charley's Aunt." The title of the play shows at least a sense of humor on the part of the author--it very definitely is a return engagement of something you've seen innumerable times before...
Dodge, No. 2 car in the Chrysler line, has ground out more publicity about itself than any comparable car. Stressing "Fluid Drive," and with Air-Foam seats in big models, prices range from $825 for deluxe coupe to $995 for custom town sedan...
...offices joyfully shouting "We got it!" "It" was an O.K. from the Civil Aeronautics Board to fly the Atlantic (TIME, July 29). But while Export groomed its lone twin-engined Consolidated flying boat for mail and express flights to Europe, Pan Am worked feverishly to keep it on the ground...