Word: blow
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...reductions of the athletic programs; that it believes intercollegiate athletic relations are a unifying force, an education, and a necessity; that material reduction in the number of contests without the co-operation of our rivals will not only place us at a hopeless disadvantage, but will be the death-blow to intercollegiate athletics in at least two branches of sport...
...just what form the Faculty's vote will take effect we hesitate to say. We do not wish to speculate, but merely draw conclusions from what has already been done. If the death-blow cannot be struck through the Athletic Committee, there are countless regulations that the Faculty may itself impose upon the students with regard to intercollegiate games--regulations that we believe they would live to regret...
...common sense of any proposition interest him except in so far as they may be employed to secure his selfish ends. To the Radical, Municipal Ownership is the remedy of all the abuses of popular sovereignty. To the Reactionary it is the victory of Socialism, a fatal blow at the rights of property. But there must be a middle course between these antagonistic positions and the consideration of this important and pressing issue has made the direct representation of Conscience in local politics peculiarly essential. Conscientiousness is a normally conservative quality and while it is intolerant of oppression...
Taking up the story of Gettysburg at the time when General Lee decided to strike a crushing blow in the North, Mr. Buehler followed the two armies in their reconnoiters around the Federal capital, showed the strategic position which the armies occupied on each the three days of the battle, and then described the battle and General Lee's retreat. He explained the decisive character of the conflict by referring to the session of the English House of Commons on the eve of the battle, when, after an argument extending far into the night, it was decided to wait before...
...hamstring muscle. Ruptures of the quadriceps were especially common among the heavy men and in many cases were due apparently entirely to the muscular exertion of quick starting. In some cases and especially in the severer ones, the injury appeared to be due to a violent blow upon the thigh of a man running at speed with the muscles tense. Ruptures of the hamstring muscles, which are also common among sprinters, were in every case due to muscular exertion alone. These cases were treated by heat and massage and moderate exercises, such as walking. In two cases, however, the injury...