As a matter of practice, however, Ravitch is on less secure ground.
"I feel exactly the same as when I was 18, except with more confidence and more of a secure grounding under my feet.
However the capital would be heavily defended if it was attacked and strong doubts remain about the ability of the jihadists to enter the city and secure ground.
If James Joyce had been available, I would have sent him a galley, but otherwise I felt we were on very secure ground.
Top features likely to attract female buyers include being a dwelling above the less secure ground floor, offering a 24-hour concierge service and boasting a clean, modern kitchen.
A lot will rest on Sam Warburton's shoulders, as he makes his first Wales appearance since that sending-off and if he and his fellow back-rowers can secure ground control – and if Rhys Priestland can give James O'Connor the lesson he probably still requires in fly-halfery – Warren Gatland's men may reprise their victory of three years ago.
The Supreme Court had never, before Thursday, weighed in on the scope of the recess appointments clause, but Mr Obama's lawyers assured him he was on secure ground in dismissing the gavel-in, gavel-out affairs as shams; the Senate is in recess, they told him, if it isn't doing any real business.
Once they had moved on to the more secure ground of the purely orchestral movements, Salonen and his players delivered purposeful music-making, their precision of ensemble matched by the boldness of gesture and articulation that Berlioz's heady scoring thrives on.
But Mobile sits on slightly more secure ground, puts on a more sedate Mardi Gras, and exudes an understated prosperity — its regional amenities include expensive beach houses at the south end of Mobile Bay (half an hour's drive out of town) and five Robert Trent Jones Sr .golf courses, three at Magnolia Grove and two at Lakewood Golf Club.
(Nor does it preclude it: see MacCormick and Campbell) Thus far Kelsen is on secure ground.
