Word: slightly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There is just a slight "flick" at the finish which enables the oars to be brought out of the water clean, and then comes in the feature advocated by J. Watson Taylor-the shooting out of the arms from the body like the "rebound of a billiard ball from the cushion." This gets the shell of the hands easily. The hands are shot a trifle downward, feathering being done at the same time, and then follows the slide forward, in which the ingenuity of Mr. Cook excels. Instead of the eight men letting their bodies move gradually forward...
...love of one Alphonse for his Henrietta. The raconteur is a charming little blackeyed French woman with a penchant for English slang and flirting-and the result is a delicate piquancy and delightful vivaciousness of style which is seldom characteristic of Advocate stories. There are one or two slight errors in the use of words, but the plot is original, and the story, on the whole, is very creditable to its author...
...teams with more than the most ordinary comforts. It therefore asks the students, and especially the graduating class, to contribute articles which will make the rooms more pleasant. Pictures, rugs or any articles of a like nature will be gratefully received. Though such a gift may be but a slight sacrifice on the part of the donor, the spirit of generosity and loyalty to our teams shows clearly through it. We trust that such a spirit will animate many among us to contribute...
...week in practically the same order it is possible to say something of their work and individual faults. As a whole the crew has improved materially since they began rowing on the river. The watermanship of the men is poor, naturally, the work in the tank being of very slight value in teaching this; the catch and recover are not effective, and the slide is not properly controlled. It is to the correction of these faults that the coaching is now especially directed...
Seymour Howell of the class of '92 died on Monday night at the Cambridge Hospital. Two weeks ago he was taken ill with what seemed but a slight disorder of the stomach. Getting no better, however, during the following three days, he was removed to the Cambridge hospital where an inflammation of the vermiform appendage soon developed. His parents were summoned from their home in Albany, and consented, as a last resort, to a dangerous operation. Dr. Homans, the eminent surgeon, whose specialty is the operation for peritonitis, was called in and for a few days it seemed...