Word: behind
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...before Ninety-three was in position. By this time the Ninety-four boat was unsteady, but Referee Peabody had grown tired of waiting and gave the word at 21 minutes and 24 seconds after 5, although the freshmen were not ready for the start. Naturally enough the freshmen fell behind and were fully a length and a half behind at the end of the first five strokes. Ninety-three had the lead the first few strokes but soon gave place to Ninety-two, Ninety-three being third. The seniors were rowing a quick, powerful stroke-fully thirty-eight...
...Crescent Boat House, the freshmen were rowing raggedly but after this point was passed there was a marked improvement in their form and gradually they crept up on the seniors, who were third at the Boat House, until they were barely a length behind. The juniors were over a length ahead of the sophomores at the Cresent and from here to the Harvard Bridge rowed in splendid form, thirty-eight strokes to the minute, and lengthened their lead over the sophomores and seniors (who were now very nearly nip and tuck) by half a length...
...accompanying us throughout our lives. There are in all between twenty-five and fifty of Christ's parables. There are but few of his speeches, the chief characteristics of which could not be found in other literatures, but nowhere else do we find the same grand personality which is behind the parables of Christ...
...great difficulty again in keeping the boat on an even keel. It was not until nearly dark that they finally mastered the shell and kept it even for a considerable distance. The port men lift the boat and the starboard men let their oars cut under. Nearly all are behind the stroke at the catch, they all hurry the slide, and most of them are slow getting their oars away from their bodies...
...Ellsworth. He is slow at the beginning of the recover, does not get his body away before his slide, reaches around with his outside shoulder, and is apt to be behind...