Word: reaches
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following are a few individual criticisms: In the first eight, stroke pulls evenly with a decisive catch, but has a few faults which careful attention and practice alone can remedy; he does not reach quite far enough, rows with bent arms and with his left shoulder elevated, and does not swing out freely from his hips as he ought...
Lincoln, at No. 5, settles at finish, twists his body, hangs, and is apt to row a very disjointed stroke, while Harrison rows stiffly with a short reach, bending his arms too soon. Both men, however, are light, with considerable strength, and can undoubtedly be put into good form...
...consequently has not made so much progress as some of the others. He has a long reach, which will serve him well when he learns how to use it. At present he does not arch his inside wrist, shoots upward, and generally uses his hands in a loose manner...
...Allen, the pugilist, lost himself on the way from New York to Chicago, and was unable to keep his appointment with Elliott. When at last he did reach Chicago he was as mellow as a man could be who had met entertainers all along the route...
...next flame at the head of the long procession? Shall it find its old place on the shores of the Gulf of Salerno, or shall it mingle its rays with the northern aurora up among the fields of Norway, or shall it be borne across the Atlantic and reach the banks of the Charles, where Agassiz and Wyman have taught, where Hagen still teaches, glowing like his own Lampyris splendidula with enthusiasm, where the first of American botanists and the ablest of American surgeons are still counted in the roll of honor of our great university? - [Dr. Holmes...