Word: powerful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...would we act so very differently after all? Would we not be charmed as of old by big, useless muscles in the men of our college class who practice daily at the dumb-bells, and prefer unwieldy giants to smaller men with muscles less startling but far greater will-power to punish themselves in the contest? And when it came to preparations for a boat-race against a college with which rivalry, if not exactly deadly, was a tradition of long standing, would it be in us to refrain from securing what advice was possible from professionals who make oarsmanship...
...arrows, in the semblance of red men. The precautions taken by each crew, not to allow the other side to see them at their best, may be confidently set down to man's inborn love of outdoing his fellow by sly means as well as by the exercise of power. Every collegian is a Joey Bagstock, who hugs himself if he feels that he is 'devilish...
Earned runs -'90, 2. Two base hits - Manly. Three base hits - Power, 2; Piper. First base on balls by - Litchfield, 3; Kielty. 3; Sabine 4. First base on errors - '87, 3; '90, 5. Struck out by - Litchfield, 6; Kielty, 2; Sabine, 3. Passed balls - Manly, 6; Vila, 11; Slade, 4. Wild pitches - Litchfield, 3; Kielty, Left on bases - '87, 9; '90, 6. Umpire - Mr. Palmer. Time...
...shown the need of the study of statistical science as a theory, giving one thereby the ability to use the facts which he has discovered. However the word theory misleads the public. It would be better to banish its use in connection this science. The statistician should have the power to foresee the analysis which facts stimulate. He should comprehend the complete report before he makes up the details. The best way in way in which this object can be obtained is through scientific study and training. The teaching in colleges should embrace the theory, the practice and the analytical...
...Often the improvement was of use to nobody, as in the case of one river which could be carried by a twelve-inch drain. In another case, the Fox and Winconsin Rivers, the government had spent two and a half millions on improvement of use only to a water-power company. He criticised the system of beginning many improvements and completing almost none, and the interference of Congress with the Secretary...