Word: stamina
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Neither Trainer nor Ticknor is a physical giant; they both weigh around 190 and stand approximately six feet tall, but what they lack in bulk they amply make up for in strength and stamina. In all these qualities the one is very nearly the exact counterpart of the other, a fact which makes their play very similar and renders it impossible to rate one above the other on merit...
...Baltimore's Mayor Broening went the rounds, congratulated the sitters, told them: "Stamina and grit are essential in the great struggle of life...
...they did, after 420 hr., 21 min., 30 sec., i.e., 17? days in the air. Rewards: $31,255 prize money, $2,756 cash gifts, cheers from a reception crowd of 15,000, kisses from their wives. The utility of their long flight was debatable. They did display the stamina of their Curtiss-Challenger engine and they did strengthen public confidence in flying. Otherwise they accomplished nothing that had not been indicated by previous endurance flights. By operating their motor at low speed they kept it in long life. But that flying method does not help plane owners who must...
Keystone Patrician in Service. The biggest plane in this country is the Keystone Patrician, an 18 passenger. This spring it hopped between the coasts and borders, proving its stamina in all sorts of weather. Last week it went into its first regular passenger service, on the Colonial Airways New York-Boston run. Fare...
...search for a stroke oar with rhythm and stamina to set the pace for the University crew, the first selection by Coach Brown has settled upon B. J. Harrison '29 who pulled a No. 6 oar in he the first shell against Navy and Penn on the Severn last Saturday. Harrison is now taking the place of S. W. Swaim '31 is pace setter for the jayvee eight while I.H. Watts '31 is stroking the first crew...