Word: bending
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...help of our lamps we succeeded in keeping the temperature inside at about freezing point. Our couch was formed of rough stones; we never quite succeeded in getting it even tolerably even, and our most important business throughout the winter was, therefore, to bend the body into the various positions in order to discover the one in which the pressure of the stones was least felt...
...help of our lamps we succeeded in keeping the temperature inside at about freezing point. Our couch was formed of rough stones; we never quite succeeded in getting it even tolerably even, and our most important business throughout the winter was, therefore, to bend the body into the various positions in order to discover the one in which the pressure of the stones was least felt...
...class has still plenty of chance to redeem itself. Having suffered defeat in foot ball it should bend its energies with the greater determination to the development of a good crew and nine. A victory in base ball and another on the water in the spring will wipe out the recollection of this defeat in foot ball. And they are all that will...
...mile ordinary were won by Scott, Sydenham A. A., first time 3 min. 1-5 sec., Zimmerman, N. Y. A. C., second; 2d heat, Murphy, N. Y. A. C., first, time 2 min. 54 2-5 sec., J. Clark, C. B. C., second. Taylor, while spurting around the bend in the last lap, fell, partly through a foul and partly through his own fault, but the referee allowed him the ride in the final heat. This event was a decided farce. For two laps the men loafed. At the beginning of the third lap the third lap the speed...
...work and considerable activity is shown in the preparation for future races. In comparison with past years it may be remarked that more than the average amount of care seems to be expended in the bare rudiments of the motions. Not one of the crews has begun to bend the arms and they all of course row with fixed seats. It would be misleading to try to make any criticism whatever upon the style displayed, for so many things will have to be added to the stroke that before many weeks the appearance of the crews will be entirely changed...