Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...fertile and flat, is rimmed by high (200-ft.) rock walls. For a naval base there, the Navy chose 22 acres on the south side of St. John's Harbor. On landlocked Placentia Bay it took an area of two square miles for an air base and training ground for the U. S. Army...
...Biggest ground gainer was Tom Lacey, who won the distinction on his consistently powerful line bucks. Cully Cullington, although not as steady, broke loose for several thirty yard runs which boosted the hopes of Harvard supporters. The Crimson lost several valuable players during the course of the game. End George Kuhn, who has starred throughout the season, was benched by a knee injury in the first period, and Lidstone, understudy for center Pitts played most of the game...
Then the moderator turned to Commissioner of Labor Statistics Isador Lubin, asked him about labor's angle on wage and price levels. Mild and scholarly, Lubin tried to head into non-controversial ground. He complimented business, labor and Government on having pushed National Defense without important strikes. Particular thanks were due the New Deal, for having managed to avoid the advances in living costs which usually accompany big rises in production, get labor angry...
...been apparent all fall that Harvard could travel far with just a rock-ribbed forward wall and almost no offense. Now that the ground attack has come, Crimson enthusiasm knows no bounds. The only effective damper is the vivid recollection of the stains of "Good Night, Poor Harvard" pouring out across Soldiers Field one year ago after a similarly favored Harvard team had been soundly whipped by the fighting Elis...
Yale may hope to generate enough steam to make its running attack click, but that is only a forlorn hope. All that Coach Pond really wants is to flash an effective enough ground offense to keep Harvard worried. afraid to devote all its attention to Yale aerials...