Word: lifts
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...champion, and good form in any sport is the easiest and most natural way to do that thing best." Form may be studied through running beside or behind other men or by watching one's shadow. Straight ahead leg and foot action is the right sort. In order to lift the knees properly the thighs should be developed by the aid of exercises. Arm action must also be studied...
Miss George is admirable in both plays. Her comedy--for it is only she and Mr. Lawford that lift "Divorcons" into really high comedy--is a delight; and her tragedy in the playlet is simple and absolutely convincing. She is charming to watch--delicate of color and fragilely beautiful--and wonderful to hear--in laugher or tears Mr. Lawford is the perfection of case, distinction, and effectiveness--in him is a touch of the whimsy that pervades Barrie's writings. Mr. Herbert as the well drawn husband is powerful and real in every detail of voice and manner. The surrounding...
...when this indigenous language will be officially recognized. It will apparently be composed of our vernacular Esperonto, with a few relics of our Trans-Atlantic heritage as a concession to tradition. Mrs. Smith will extend bids to a dance. Policemen will become cops in the dictionary, even "Lift up your beans, ye mighty gates...
Over in the Department of Psychology there is a little machine which, by a curve on a soot-covered surface, indicates the fatigue undergone when a subject tries rhythmically to lift a weight by flexing a finger. The subject bends his finger and pulls, till his finger will bend and pull no more; then the experimenter encourages him by suddenly crying in his ear: "Pull! Pull!" And lo and behold, in the fire of his aroused self, the subject can and does pull! All of which serves to illustrate the importance of mass meetings before, and a wild cheering section...
...absolute director of the squad. If the Athletic Committee will say that the coach and not the captain is responsible and in complete charge, the Committee will follow the logical tendency of the Harvard system; will remove from any coach the embarrassment of asserting his authority; will lift from every captain the burden of such onerous responsibility, and will probably accomplish great good for the University crews of future years...