Word: shorter
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...contestants. When, however, the boats are fairly well matched, the crews will ordinarily row their best for nearly the full distance. In such cases a three-mile race is less exhausting to the competitors. The longer the race, the greater the strain on the men; and conversely, the shorter the race, the quicker the recovery afterwards. In many races it has been observed that the winning crew usually finishes fresher than its competitors. This happens not so much because the elation of leading and winning cheers and strengthens the crew, as because the winning crew commonly is originally...
...believed then that the preparation would be more thorough, and that the stroke would be slower and would be not only much less dangerous to participants, but that it would be a much more satisfactory test both of the endurance and rowing ability of the crews. The shorter distance which induced inadequacy of preparation and a rapid stroke had been condemned so much before 1876 that the change was thoroughly approved; and it is worthy of note that those who had had the experience of both distances reached conclusions directly opposite to the views now advanced by Mr. Storrow. Nothing...
...shortest verses are worth their space--one about "Ella," the other about "Solitary Sue." Both are ridiculous enough to be amusing. Several of the prose contributions show more originality than usual, notably the extract from Gulleivr's travels, which is a very clever parody. A large proportion of the shorter jokes are also above the average, such as the strangely familiar "Men at the Dunyer Cafe." Especial credit is due to the reportorial work of the Lampoon's New Haven correspondent. Under the circumstances, much tact must have been needed to secure interviews so pointed...
...system was adopted under which an effort was made to return to simpler methods. There were fewer plays, fewer formations, fewer signals, shorter hours for practice, and a determined effort was made to get rid of the injuries by analysis of the causes which led up to them and eliminating the dangerous methods. In pursuance of this policy there was no playing after dark, no playing on frozen ground, and care was taken to watch the individual players and not play them when they were becoming fatigued. In the first four years the result of this policy was only partially...
...style taught by Mr. Lehmann was the same as that used before and since then, in theory and in a manner of applying the power. It differed in using a greater length of body swing, both forward and back; using a shorter slide and in several other less important details, all of which gave the crew when in motion a very different appearance from that to which we had been accustomed. All hands took hold with enthusiasm and the men apparently mastered the new style, so that by the end of May '97 the crew was going at a good...