Word: formely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...considerably under seven minutes, he would have no chance whatever of winning any prize at any athletic meeting. I am quite aware that many of the last generation of walkers object to the present style in which it is accomplished, on the ground that it is really a disguised form of running, and very often I agree with them. But it is not so in all cases; and there are many scrupulously fair walkers who can hopelessly beat most times made a quarter of a century ago, even if they cannot equal those made by the semi-runners...
There are many games and athletic exercises that are practised now which although considered modern inventions were in a different form in use among the ancients. Even lawn tennis, the most fashionable of them all, and the one which more than any other seems to have taken a permanent hold on the people of this country, appears to be merely a variation of a form of ball played by the Romans; one great difference being that with them the ball had always to be returned before it struck the ground - in fact, "volleyed." There is no very definite description...
...nine has recently received its uniforms, which consist of gray trunks with brown trimmings, and white tunics with brown trimmings and adjustable sleeves of the same color. On the bosom of the tunics is the class number, while the caps are white with brown stripes of circular form. The positions on the nine have been assigned as follows: Hawthorn, catcher; McKenzie, pitcher; Williams, first base; Sisson, second base; Johnson, third base; Hovey, short stop and captain; Ormsbee, right field; French, centre field, and Merrifield, left field. - Boston Herald...
...forecast of the winner, but it is generally agreed that the race will be as close and exciting as was that of last year. The crews have now been on the water for nearly a month, and during this time rapid progress has been made in the style and form of rowing, individually and collectively. The candidates for the freshman crew have used to great advantage the week set apart for the spring vacation in getting ready for their race with Columbia. The '89 crew has been the greatest loser in men who have left their boat to take seats...
...caterpillars, as thought by some. Metamorphoses from egg to adult take place at least once a year; some species go through as many as eight generations in a year. Mimickry is not uncommon among butterflies. There is a species which is noxious in taste to birds; their form is mimicked in color by a second form, and this one is again mimicked by a third species. Other forms of mimicry are in the resemblance of certain caterpillars to the excrement of birds; the rolling of leaves by caterpillars so as to resemble buds; the coloration of undersides of the wing...