Word: alert
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...there is quite a different task in store for it if it intends to win from Yale and Columbia at New London. The men are not earnest enough. They do not put every effort into the work nor get half the good of their coaching by keeping their minds alert and attentive. It is time now for the crew to decide whether it is going to win next June. The time and watermanship are not so good as before the class race. The whole crew is slow at the catch in getting hold of the water and does...
...broken legs and noses are never heard of. The game is very first, the ball travelling from one end of the field to the other, either by the combined efforts of the forward line or the heavy kicking of the defence men. The spectators are continuously kept on the alert, and excitement in a close game is intense...
...years ago, for many things done then by lawyers are now performed by others. The young lawyer must experience many years of patient waiting before he can hope for success, but if he employ these years of waiting in a profitable manner, if he keep brain, eye and ear alert and act always in an honorable manner, success will surely crown his efforts...