Word: bears
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...April books, one that is sure to attract much attention is the "Ethics of Boxing and Manly Sports," by John Boyle O'Reilly, to be published by Ticknor and Co. Mr. O'Reilly has long been recognized as an authority on manly sports, and this book is said to bear the stamp of the hand of one thoroughly conversant with the subject. No one could set forth more spiritedly or more persuasively the ethical side of boxing than Mr. O'Reilly.- University...
...upper side, and is at the same time contracted in area, thus moving with less velocity. In fact instantaneous photographs show that it takes twice the time to complete the upstroke that is needed for the downstroke. Unless matter offered resistance, no force could be brought to bear, and force must equal resistance. In a tug-of-war the tension on the rope is equal, and the question is, not who can pull the hardest on the rope, but who can push most vigorously on the cleats. The same results are produced by a great pressure for a short time...
...itself. The criticisms of the press were without exception of a highly complimentary and almost flattering nature, even if two of the large dailies in New York went so far astray as to print the title of the play as "The Bean, the Belle and the Bandit" and "The Bear, the Belle or the Bandit." It is customary, however, for the daily newspapers to wander so far from the truth in reporting everything connected in any way with Harvard that these trifling irregularities can be easily pardoned. The alumni interested themselves to make the stay of the members...
...abundance of good material has often helped the Crimson on to victory. The old adage, 'there's safety in numbers,' never applied to anything so forcibly as to athletics. The eleven is going to find a strong rival on Holmes' Field in June, and it will do well to bear this in mind from the start...
...article on "College Expenses" covers most the same ground as Professor Palmer's paper read at the last Commencement. We think that Mr. Leighton's estimates are somewhat high, and that his lowest sum, $600, would bear material reduction. There is certainly a large class of men who do not spend more than $500 a year at Harvard...