Word: slow
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...strongly as we do that the back shall be kept perfectly straight. If a man can row better so, they do not object to a slight curve of the shoulders. In the management of the slide, too, there are some differences. The Americans start their slides very fast, then slow them up about half way, and gradually come to a full stop. The Englishmen get their hands away very quickly, but slide forward slowly...
...rowing showed the want of practice on the water, and the men were very slow and the stroke short...
...Camera Club has been at work photographing the College buildings and grounds for the University exhibit at Chicago, for over two weeks. The work is slow owing to the necessity of taking many of the interiors on Sunday, and owing to a good deal of weather unsuitable for either interior or exterior pictures. About thirty photographs in all have been taken, including exteriors of most of the buildings, and interiors of the Gymnasium, Jefferson Physical Laboratory, and the Lawrence Scientific School...
...Brookline high school will give games open only to members of the school to take place in the upper Town Hall, Brookline, on Thursday evening, March 9. The events are: Twenty-yards dash, (for juniors); running high jump, standing high jump, standing high kick, pole vault, sack race, slow bicycle race, wrestling and potato race...
Morgan, No. 2, 165, is slow and drives his legs at the catch...