Word: pulled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...craft not only with power, but in such a way that all motion other than forward and in a straight line is eliminated. it is this process that takes months of training, as well as natural ability. Any number of things can go wrong during a stroke, because every pull involves the use of the entire body in a precise sequence that must not vary if that all-important smoothness is to be maintained...
Even if the oars hit the water cleanly, there are still an infinite number of factors for each man to concentrate on. The stroke itself, which is accomplished by a combined pull of the arms, push of the legs, and swing of the body must be achieved with all the power it is possible to muster. At the same time, it must be done as nearly like the other seven men as possible, and above all it must consume exactly the same amount of time...
...days when men were men, it was fashionable to take a heave at the oars. Which left the upper body almost parallel with the water. The principle behind this was that a mighty pull more than offset the waste motion and energy involved. Such fine points as not wobbling the boat or making a smooth recovery were ignored...
...couldn't pull off a deal like that in any other country. Americans are uniquely prone to isolate emotion from life, and so cut off it inevitably turns to cheap sentimentality. The treatment of Mothers is one indication of the general American attitude toward women; the plight of the wife ("the little woman") is well enough known and horrible. And so far she is Day-less. As for mothers, their main trouble is usually that they have too much to do in the early years and not enough later on. The plight of the American woman whose children...
Then he made his men pull faster as soon as the Crimson shell hit some calm water in the last half mile. As Love put it, "He rowed a heady race...