Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following are a few individual faults: Stroke. Should be careful not to settle at the end of the stroke, as this combined with a rather perceptible hang makes it difficult for him to come right forward. Apt to hunch up his shoulders, especially the left, and fails to keep a good hold with his outside hand...
...Slumps badly and is too jerky in his movements. Should keep his shoulders down and should control his body coming forward to the full reach. Must be careful to use his stretcher, and not rely entirely on the strength of his body and arms...
...placed on their diet and beverages. It has always been felt that considerable valuable time has been lost each spring in changing from the action of hydraulic machines to the light swift shells that are used on the harbor, so that the practice in the tank is anxiously looked forward to. Of course all that the candidates can do in the way of speed is to churn up the water while the shell remains stationary. - New York Herald...
Vacation is past and everybody has settled down to pursue the even tenor of his way, dreaming of the happy days just spent and looking forward, in many cases with not a little solicitude, to fourteen weeks of hard, incessant polling...
There occurs this evening an event which is always looked forward to with much pleasure by the college community and the citizens of Cambridge at large. The Glee Club and Pierian Sodality, assisted by the newly organized Banjo Club, give their annual fall concert to-night. The performances of these two clubs, of which the college has good reason to be proud, have established their reputation in the musical sphere of Cambridge almost as firmly as the Symphony Orchestra's is fixed in Boston. The past successes of the Glee Club and Pierian Sodality, together with the talent which...