Word: almost
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Pitcher Ames, of the Princeton nine, has done the best work of any of the college pitchers up to this time. The strong Jersey City team made only two hits off his delivery, and the Athletics found almost as much trouble in hitting the ball sately...
...Garnet, in speaking of the Harvard Stroke, says: "The Storrow stroke is from beginning to end one big smooth heave, and from the moment the oar enters the water until it reaches the air, the oarsman is almost standing on the stretcher. In direct contrast to the English stroke, his weight is not resting heavily on the seat, or at eight angles to the direction of the boat. Moreover, the boat is rigged close; the stretchers are not more than twelve inches from the end of the slide; the slides are lengthened, too, from twenty-six to twenty-eight inches...
...must always prove limited, and it is necessary to depend largely for the distribution of seeds over the world and their growth, upon extraneous means. These are divided into two classes-inorganic and organic. The primary inorganic causes are the actions of winds, streams, currents, and glaciers. It is almost impossible to estimate the amount of work due to these causes, for every one of these inorganic means is almost constantly at work, Organic means are of those of insects, fishes, lower mammalia and man. The buoyancy of seeds differs greatly, and to the greater lightness of some seeds...
...work. But the majority of men in middle life today were not brought up on athletics in their youth. They did not ride bicycles or enjoy the activity and spirit of the saddle, and they have never done much to keep a sound mind in a sound body. The almost total neglect of bodily exercise among the men of one's acquaintance is characteristic of our own generation, and it would be hard to estimate the number of men in the prime of life whose death is attributed by the verdict of the physician to what is commonly called overwork...
...Curtis, '92. The club will hold meetings every two weeks, for the present in the rooms of the members. It is hoped, however, that permanent rooms may be secured before long. There will be a large number of scientific magazines and papers taken, and it is almost absolutely necessary that rooms should be obtained in which to keep them. An essay will probably be read at every meeting, and occasionally other entertainment will be provided...