Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...heartily agreed with him; and we both stood watching the boat leap forward over the waves; for a good stiff breeze was blowing from the northeast. Bertha looked back several times and waved her handkerchief at me. I took off my hat and swung it in response; but I saw her face only through my tears. You see that dream had made me weak and nervous. Farther and farther away sped the yacht, till the sail was a dim white patch on the horizon...
...relations of instructors to students have been frequently discussed, but rarely to the advantage of the former. Instructors, it is assumed are invariably as stiff as Prussian grenadiers, and as frigid as icebergs. That there is a lack of cordiality between instructor and student cannot be denied; that much of this is due to the instructor must also be admitted; but that the whole is due to him is not true. Last year a professor who taught four courses, each taken by some 50 or 60 men, repeatedly extended invitations to his pupils to call on him. For this purpose...
Though the Juniors have trained well, they are by no means perfect. Two, three, and five sliver out; six and two feather unevenly with the rest of the crew. One fails to keep his arms or back stiff, and to get his oar out on full reach; three is inclined to bucket, and does n't swing straight; five fails in reach; six's hands trouble him on the catch; seven does n't shoot quick enough or hold his hands tight; and eight is apt to overreach. All sliver out, bucket badly, and lack rhythm in movement...
...straight at finish and wobbles; two hangs and looks out of the boat; three meets at time and feathers under the water badly; four buckets badly, lets his oar fly to full reach, and slivers out; five slivers out, is inclined to bucket, does n't hold his arm stiff enough, and snaps his head; six does n't reach far enough, hangs, meets, and slivers out; seven lets his oar fly up on full reach, and does n't always sit up at finish; eight lets his oar fly up at full reach, fails to pull through always...