Word: jerking
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...fear of being carried on to Washington. Indeed, as he expressed it so poignantly, what better proof is needed of the perfidy of the railroads? So obscurely were the stations sign-posted all along the way, the he was actually obliged to strain his eyes at every little jerk stop to perceive whether or not it was New York...
...first flight. And now I have nearly finished my training. I am flying the little chasse monoplane machines, and have finished acrobatics. Some sensations! The vrille or spinning nose dive, where the machine falls perpendicularly, spinning around, its longitudinal axis as it falls; the renversement where you give a jerk and a kick which flops you on your back and then complete the loop and come out traveling in the opposite direction, the quickest way to turn around; and lastly, the side slip, where you turn the machine on its side till the wings are vertical and just plain fall...
Since Monday there has been an improvement in the work of the second and third crews, but their rowing is not up to the standard. In the University crew the faults noticeable the first day on the river have not disappeared. The men still rush the slides, jerk at the catch and show a general unsteadiness. The individual work of the men in the first boat has been fairly good, but the crew rows as individuals and not as one man. The stern four are responsible for the tendency to rush the slides...
...twentieth of the capacity of the lungs. The changes in the exercises are as follows: In test 1 and 2 the dynamometer is attached to a movable foot-rest, instead of, as formerly, to the floor. This prevents the possibility of raising the dynamometer needle by a sudden jerk. In tests 6 and 7 the legs must be kept straight and on a line with the trunk and no swaying is allowed...
...Junior crew has been seriously handicapped by the lack of steady coaching. The boat gets ahead of the oars, and in the endeavor to catch up the men jerk at the finish. There is also too much tendency to scramble forward and to be unsteady on the stretchers. With the possible exception of McDuffie, however, the men are all in excellent condition...