Word: slant
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Cambridge high jumpers are T. M. Jennings and A. B. Johnston. Johnston will also attempt to throw the sixteenpound hammer. He approaches his take off at a slant, has no great amount of spring, and clears the bar all doubled up, his body bent, as if he would grasp his feet and lift himself over. He gives the impression of attempting to sit on the bar. Jennings jumps in better form, taking off usually straight ahead, although he sometimes affects the slanting run. It is probable that the high jump will go to Cambridge, as neither Thompson nor Sheldon...
...slant light down the forest's muffled floor...