Word: pulled
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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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...
...establish that superiority required a longer and stronger pull than had been necessary t Harvard for many years. Mr. Haughton has said that the Harvard team of 1916 deserves more credit than any other team which he has coached since 1908. It has travelled further than any other Harvard team of recent years. Yet without the sound football system which Mr. Haughton and his assistants have provided this year's team would have had very little chance of finding itself. It is the tradition of thorough training, unrelenting attention to detail and absolute concert of effort which makes Harvard...
...four University crews took their second practice pull of the season yesterday afternoon. Coaches Haines and R. F. Herrick '90 accompanied the eight in the launch "Pup." The boats all went down the stream to Cottage Farm Bridge. More men are urged to report for tubbing practice to Coach Haines who will be at the boathouse every morning...
This eminent authority advances 10 arguments against the proposition, every one of which has force and point. They are to be commended to the careful consideration of civic and other organizations that appear to believe that the public can accomplish something by trying to pull itself up by its bootstraps. Poston Post...
...breaks the record made during the hockey season by G. A. Percy '18 by 44.5 points. Wright's superiority was evident in his ability to "push up" 67 times compared to Percy's 61 and his fulling 490 kilos with his back and legs as compared to Percy's pull...