Word: groundedness
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Jose R. Capablanca, onetime world champion, is perhaps most logical of players. He never takes chances, is better at match play than in tournament. He holds a somewhat honorary position in the Cuban diplomatic corps, and is an expert at bridge. His well grounded confidence has frequently been mistaken for...
The second tract, called The Eighteenth Amendment: A message to young people, began: "Our country needs young people who understand the Eighteenth Amendment and its workings . . . young people whose opinions are so well grounded in fact that they will not be easily misled by false or one-sided arguments."
He doesn't play golf, fish, or engage in other outdoor sports. He does play a fair game of bridge and better than average billiards, but he prefers a book, usually one with a historical turn. He is scholarly, keen, well-grounded.
F. E. Nugent '30 led off the Crimson half of the sixth with a ringing single to left, the first solid hit off Hurwitz. E. H. McGrath '31 followed with a base on balls and Harvard had its first real scoring opportunity. B. H. Ticknor '31 fanned, but Captain G...
The Crimson warriors returned to the attack in the next inning and collected two more valuable tallies. With one down J. D. Dudley '31 beat out an infield single and advanced to second on a single by Howard Whitmore '29. Here Trumbull, visiting second baseman, contributed a bauble on Nugent...