Word: harder
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...This gang has worked harder this week than they have ever worked before in their lives," said Coach Herbert after yesterday afternoon's work-out, and everyone will be in top condition Saturday providing there are no injuries tomorrow. Every day this week, the squad has taken four laps around the outside of the Stadium at the start of practice and three laps at the close, with three hours of scrimmaging in between...
Coach Stevens reorganized his first two eights yesterday afternoon and attained what he believed to be the "best crew this year,--a crew getting more length out of its stroke and possessing a harder and quicker catch" than any of its predecessors...
...Would you propose any change in the present system of education, such as adopting the English system or making the requirements harder?" asked the reporter...
...condition of the players, Coach Slattery said yesterday, "With six or seven new men, we are going to be hit much harder by this bad weather than if we could rely on a group of experienced players from last year's team." He explained that the schedule for the southern trip calls for five games on successive days and that the pitching staff may run up against difficulties unless the weather permits outdoor practice next week...
...perfectly satisfactory King of England in case of an accident. Or perhaps he believes in republican institutions. At any rate he goes lightly on his way and "insists on riding horses too big for him," having apparently no faith in the saying that "the bigger they come the harder they fall,"--and the Press censures him in no uncertain terms for his recklessness...