Word: backed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...building itself is T shaped, the head of the T forming the front on the street. The leg of the T runs back to the rear of the building line, leaving on each side an open space or court twenty feet wide. This shape, giving as it does...
...Goes back too far. Lets his shoulders go at the full reach. Fails to control his slide on the recover. Should keep a stronger grip with his outside hand...
...Should not go back too far. Must keep a better grip with both inside and outside hands. His rowing is not firm enough. Is apt to jerk at his stroke...
...Hurries out on the recover. Shouldn't hunch up his shoulders, especially his right. Goes back too far and settles badly. Fails to keep a good grip...
...England climate a long-continued thaw in the middle of February means, as our ancestors used to say, that the "back of the winter is broken." Therefore, although we shall have probably several more cold snaps before the spring really opens, the cold waves will not last long. There has been much discussion of the matter of flooding Holmes field for skating purposes. That the plan proposed is quite feasible, there is no doubt. The field is nearly, if not quite, level, and not more than an average depth of six inches of water would be needed to cover...