Word: shorter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Freshman and Combination crews took shorter afternoon workouts...
...Crimson crew will be at its best in the four mile grind where the length and extent of the competition tends to favor the slower, more powerful stroke that has been set by the Crimson sweepswingers. The stroke employed by Brown, while at a great disadvantage in the shorter races against Tech, Cornell and Pennsylvania earlier in the season, will unquestionably show its greatest strength in the four mile struggle against the Blue eight...
...addition to Optional Consumption, the committee (seemingly bent on creating phrases) also discussed Leisure Consumption-the fact that shorter hours of employment produce longer hours of leisure and that less work and more play make Jack a good spender. The busy radio and cinema industries were cited as examples of Optional Consumers engaged in Leisure Consumption...
...eclipse would take place at times a half-hour apart. On this account stations were located, not only in Sumatra and the nearby Malay Peninsula where the eclipse had nearly its maximum duration, but also in the Philippines where the duration was considerably less. As it happened, the shorter duration in the Philippines was more than offset by better weather. In Sumatra there was clear weather for the necessary half-hour, but some of the expeditions on the Malay Peninsula failed entirely. There should. however, be photographs good enough for valuable comparisons. Never before have photographs of an eclipse been...
...last week by the U. S. Golf Association. The difference may engender international complications next year because the Royal & Ancient Society of St. Andrews, high court of British golf, has refused to change the present standard ball. The new ball is said to make lies better, putting straighter, drives shorter by five or six yards. Because it has more surface and less weight it increases the errors of hookers, slicers...