Word: grounding
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Gives green light for OIL to ripoff Georges Bank--ocean's most fertile spawning ground for tuna...
...campaign, to greet an attentive crowd of 100 residents and 200 reporters. Suddenly, for the first time in public, he started to betray what he knew-that he was going to lose. While his aides dug their shoes into the red clay and stared at the ground, Carter gave a rambling talk for ten minutes about the accomplishments of his Administration. "I've tried to honor your commitment," he said at the end. "In the process, I've tried . . . " His voice broke, and tears welled up in his eyes. Rosalynn looked on in agony. Carter recovered his composure...
...many battles over the centuries, yet their prominence in the Iowa contest was startling. Trading biblical quotations blow for blow, Democratic Incumbent John' Culver, 48, fought evangelicals and fundamentalists who backed his G.O.P. opponent, Congressman Charles Grassley, 47. Culver even wrestled one of his foes to the ground when the man grew violent at a rally. Culver may have won the wrestling match, but he lost the battle to Grassley...
...first meet of the season, a dual meet against UMass, the fears returned. Rogers started out at a blistering half-mile; by the second mile she was running in tremendous pain. She somehow crossed the finish line, slumped to the ground gasping for air (Rogers suffers from occasional attacks of asthma). "I thought the whole season would be this way--hardly an auspicious beginning. Here I was supposed to be their inspiring leader...
UNINTENTIONALLY, then, it seems, the students at Ivy League University fail to cover new ground in examining the psyches of college students, especially Harvard students. The scope of the roles is a bit too narrow and the students do not venture far into their peers' cerebelli, but simply present their own personalities and perspectives, guarding them jealously as real Harvard students must and do--resisting the inevitable infiltration of conflicting points of view, modifying their positions just enough to convince observers that they have indeed changed, and that they needn't attempt further to influence their thinking...