Here, at last, was virgin territory for trying out his liberal ideas, social and economic, that had hitherto fallen on such stony ground.

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The initial images the SUV-size rover sent back to Earth were black and white and grainy, but one showed its wheel resting on the stony ground, and the vehicle's shadow appeared in another.

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Wednesday skipper Purse argued vociferously that he could not avoid Blackstock's powerful shot but his appeals fell on stony ground and the Forest striker struck his subsequent spot-kick high beyond the dive of Grant.

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Stony Brook has more ground to make up than Kent State, but Senk isn't giving up on this season.

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