Word: slowed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...from scratch, caught up with the other men some of whom had 75 yards handicap until in the last 100 yards they came to Bowles, who was leading. Bowles, however, sprinted and the other two were unable to catch him. The time, one minute 56 4-5 seconds, was slow on account of the wind. In the two-mile race, W. A. Perkins '12 with a 100-yard handicap led during the last five laps. He ran with good judgment and an easy stride. During the last half-mile F. D. Everett '11, who had slowly worked...
Individually the University eight showed up fairly well. Metcalf at 7 lost some of his drive at the finish in the last mile. Leslie at 4 was a trifle slow at the catch at different times, and Hooper at 3 was rather unsteady towards...
Cutler, at stroke, has been rowing in very good form. He is getting his body down over his knees quickly, so that he has had time to slow out his slide. Practically his only difficulty is in not keeping his arms straight on the recovery...
...contemporary tests of the fitness of drivers of motor-vehicles, and the importance of the elimination of the unfit by some scientific process instead of by accident. His suggestion for a more effective and less costly method of elimination is ingenious, but not convincing. The test for the "slow reactionist" which the author sets up, will not disclose the possession or absence, of the capacity for forming quick and accurate judgments, the capacity commonly called presence of mind, which is certainly as important as spontaneity of reaction in the presence of danger. We wonder if Mr. Deane's essay...
Boyden, the first runner for the University, was slow in starting and lost the pole. At the end of the relay he was 40 yards behind the leader. Although Guild, the second Harvard runner, ran a fast race, he was unable to gain perceptably. Ryley, who followed Guild, quickened the pace and succeeded in reducing the lead by 10 yards. Jaques, the last man for Harvard, by exceptional work cut the lead down to 15 yards...