Word: gripping
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Captain Hibben described the famine which has a large part of Russia in its grip. "No one in America can realize how terrible the conditions really are. This wholesale death by starvation is more terrible than can be imagined. The Soviet government has spent $115,000,000 in gold for relief, but they can do no more, and the nations of the world must take up the cause...
...plank with cross cleats every six feet. The competing crews sit on the plank with their feet resting against the cleats, a position similar to that assumed in rowing. The rope used is of the same diameter as an oar. The contest has been instituted to tighten the grip of crew candidates. It also very effectively teaches them in bear lightly on the seat...
Other well known athletes who were at the dinner were: Robert Gould Shaw '69, Thomas C. Thacher '82, George P. Keith '83, who played football against Walter Camp on a rainy day in which the contestants plastered their hands with pitch to get a better grip on the ball: Philip M. Sears '89, Thomas W. Slocum '90, F. W. Moore '93, Norman Bingham '95, Dr. L. D. Shepard '96, Arthur Beale '97, Hugh Hancroft '97, Arthur Adams '99, James Lawrence '01, John W. Hallowell '01, G. P. Gardner '10, who won his "R" in four sports; Lothrop Withington '11, Walter...
...pleasant to hear such assurances from the Ambassador. The fact that Italy has kept a firm grip on herself is not only encouraging to other nations which are passing through the same crisis, but tends also to stabilize Europe and to hasten its sluggish progress toward after-war prosperity by an increase in trade markets. It is sane and steady work, and not unrest that is so sorely needed to-day throughout the world; and Italy is giving...
...restless discontent of the men has increased as they have watched the garment workers, coal miners and other classes receive substantial increases in wages. The Federal Board, provided for by the Esch-Cummings Act two months ago, was not even appointed until the country was in the grip of the outlaw strike, and so far it has produced no constructive results. In the meantime the traffic tie-up caused by the strike continues critical. All the workmen, even the Brotherhoods themselves, are losing patience...