Word: sitting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Very stiff in his movements, especially at the finish. Swings in towards his oar badly. Fails to cover his oar well at the beginning of the stroke and does not sit up to his work...
...were hooks from which hung at night the hammocks of the men. We went down stairs. "These cabins at the rear are the officer's quarters," continued the guide; "from these hooks are hung swinging tables like that one over there, and mess is served on them. Twelve men sit at a table. They give us good food, nice bread, salt meat; fresh meat, and duff twice a week, Look out for your heads - its rather dark. This is the hospital," he said, taking us forward; "when a man comes on board he is measured, weighed and examined...
...within the last few months, all this has been changed, and a new order of things prevails. An order of things under which waiters are kept in line from twenty to forty-five minutes while some mysterious cook below stairs fills the orders. Meanwhile at the tables men sit and munch bread, or losing all patience, adjourn to the Holly Tree...
...turn to this latest trouble. I refer to the benches which are placed across the floor of the gymnasium during the winter meetings. The various officers of the day sit thereon, but we are able to "sit upon" them only in print. The motive for thus placing these benches on the floor is indeed praiseworthy; but the result is very sad, for these benches and their occupants obstruct the view of nearly half the audience. The wrestling of last Saturday, for example, could not be seen by those seated in the south end of the gymnasium, except from...
...does not get any reach with his body, and is slow in starting forward. He swings back too far, and does not row his shoulders back, thus making his finish weak. He swings out from his oar at the finish. No. 5 gets a weak finish and does not sit up well. He lets his outside shoulder swing forward on the full reach, and is apt to be careless in his rowing. He swings out. No. 4 keeps his arms bent even on the full reach. He does not get his shoulders on at all at the beginning...