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Word: onehalf (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...inter-scholastic association. For some reason or other the desired result could not be brought about, although it is possible that in the near future track athletics may be as important a fixture between the two academies as the football and baseball matches. There are twenty events in all, onehalf to take place in the morning, the other during the afternoon. Following is a list of the entries: 100-yards dash, bicycle slow race, throwing the hammer, putting the shot, 220-yards dash, kicking the football, throwing the baseball, mile walk, hurdle race, standing broad jump (without weights) running broad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Exeter Tournament. | 4/25/1888 | See Source »

...depth of the abdomen falls in the 80 per cent. class, as do nearly all the breadths and leng**ths, the only exception being the trifling deficiency in the breadth of head, and the slight excess in the breadth of hips. In most persons the horizontal length is about onehalf of an inch greater than the height. This is undoubtedly due to the straightening of the spine and the relaxing of the cartilages while in a horizontal position. In this case the spine is comparatively straight, so that little difference is shown between the standing and horizontal length. The strength...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Sargent's New System of Measurements. | 10/28/1887 | See Source »

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