Word: slides
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...arms are bent; the swing forward should be extended until the hands are above the toes, (this distance, however, varies somewhat with individuals); the body should always swing directly over the keel of the boat, never swerving to either side. As all of the crews are at present on sliding seats, no directions for the use of the slide have been given. They are simple, and comprise only an additional movement. This movement is easily acquired, providing the above rules are carefully followed...
Several small boys might have been seen Saturday morning taking advantage of the steep and slippery slide near the Chapel, and having a right good time...
...long time. The indicator could be in charge of the janitor, who would at the beginning of each year collect the cards of the men in each entry of the building in his charge and place them in their proper positions in the frames. By a simple slide or moving cover below each name the fact of a man's presence or absence from his room would be made known to every one and all unnecessary climbing of stairs would be obviated. Not only would this indicator be of service for the above named purpose, but it would also show...
Again, early in the morning, the slide clicks, and the half-awake man leaps from his bed to the door with one bound, only to be told to bring his smoking and toilet articles at the "old stand." He calls it the "old stand" and something more, and crawls back to bed again; but the "old stand" will get no trade from...
...that we are not in some way reminded of some branch or other, small and great, of Cambridge or Boston business. Our mails are, perhaps, nearly doubled. The man with few correspondents or perhaps almost none at all is grateful for even this poor substitute. At least, his letter-slide is kept from resting...