Word: perpendicularity
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...found curious rock-capped pinnacles of clay towering many feet into the air. The rain and snow has washed away all the clay except that directly under the rock. The men have to squirm their way up between two vertical walls of rock or climb up perpendicular sides, holding on by hands and feet...
...hoped, will avoid these drawbacks by means of a recovery in which hands, body, and slide all shoot forward, approach full reach, and turn back as nearly in unison as possible, the body reaching forward a little farther than formerly and finishing only slightly back of the perpendicular. A generally simpler, easier, and more deliberate recovery is the expected result. The body, moving forward upon the knees, acts as a spring gradually to hold back the slide, thus preventing to a certain extent rushing and the consequent stopping of the shell. This, moreover, proves to be a more restful mode...
...stroke, the men getting a hard catch, a strong, steady push with the legs, but finishing in with the arms, their bodies in an almost slumping position, and getting a quick, smooth recover typical of the professional sculler. The men finish the stroke with their bodies almost perpendicular; they drive their legs down well together and have a steady recover: At present the Yale crew is better together and a smoother running machine than the Harvard boat...
Cornell seems to have abandoned her old time stroke for a modified copy of the English one with a fairly long body swing. The slides are held until the body is slightly back of the perpendicular and then the stroke is finished with a powerful leg drive. The arms are but slightly broken at the finish and there is a tendency to drop out at the full reach. The blade work is excellent and the shell moves smoothly through the water...
Professor Moore gave his fifth lecture on the Fine Arts of the Middle Ages in the Fogg Museum last evening, showing views illustrating the Decadent Gothic style of architecture in France, and the Perpendicular style in England. Most of the views were from English churches, such as the cathedrals of Durham, Lincoln, Salisbury, Wells, Ely, Peterborough, Southwell, and the abbeys of Whitby and Westminster...