Word: groundedness
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"Wait'll you get 'em right in your sights. Then short bursts. There's no sense melting your guns." That was Lieut. Colonel Francis S. ("Gabby") Gabreski's formula for picking Messerschmitts out of the air in the last war. It worked well enough to make...
Starting with the two-year-olds, Mrs. Buckley gets down to business right away. All her pupils are thoroughly grounded in good manners, though Mrs. Buckley admits that some parents are still suspicious of the idea, "as if there were something sinister about a child who shakes hands firmly and...
"Any theory of under-consumption and purchasing power must be grounded in the psychology of the people." (Economics)
George Emmons pitched the last two innings effectively for Harvard and was given the decision, backed by three Crimson runs in the odd but eventful ninth. Akillian walked and went to third on Johnson's hit-and-run single. Bob Smith, batting for Reilly, walked to fill the bases. Then...
The humans staked out by The Thing for its victory garden are a bit more convincing, but not by much. They are scientists and a U.S. Air Force crew, quartered for a research project at the North Pole with all the comforts of home, including a comely, sweater-bulging secretary...