Word: groundedness
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It was small comfort to San Luis Obispo that the FAA belatedly grounded all Arctic-Pacific planes. Through the week, while its flags hung at half mast, the town was as glum as the cool, grey fog that rolled in from the Pacific. Cal Poly remembered Halfback Vic Hall, an...
Sitting on high-tension wires is obviously for the birds. When a bird flutters down from the air and perches on a hot wire, the deadly current rushes about inside the body but, since it is not grounded, can go no farther and does no harm. Squirrels run greater electrical...
This system has been field-tested on transmission lines carrying 138,000 volts, and has proved a time and labor saver. But linemen must learn new habits to use the system safely. With their bodies charged with electricity straining to reach the ground, they must avoid all grounded objects. Poles...
It is an impressive position and one which is not undermined by answering that the dining hall in Lowell House and the cellar in Massachusetts, or its equivalent, are still there. House drama groups will flourish in the future as they have in the past and the young man who...
Kennedy offered to contribute part of the airlift expenses from his family's Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation (named after the brother killed in World War II) and to look around for other private funds to help the grounded students. Sargent Shriver, Kennedy's brother-in-law and...