Word: straining
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reaching out of the great central power to brush the doorsteps of local communities, far removed geographically and politically from Washington, will be irritating in such States and communities, and will be a strain upon the bond of the National Union. It will produce variation in the enforcement of the law. There will be loose administration in spots all over the United States and a politically inclined National Administration will be strongly tempted to acquiesce in such a condition. Elections will continuously turn on the rigid or languid execution of the Liquor Law, as they do now in Prohibition States...
...motif with the establishment of a class football squad, coached by former University players, thoroughly outfitted, and playing on fields of its own. Football can now be taken up at almost any time during the fall; an intensive grass drill as preliminary to each practice insures the newcomer against strain and the injuries of ill condition...
...comfort of knowing that it would soon be over now. Even if Mr. Hoover should be elected and appoint Calvin Coolidge to the Supreme Court or something, or if it were decided to continue living in Washington anyway, the strain of being First Lady would definitely cease before next spring...
...strain of his long, losing fight caused "Emperor" Cook to collapse in the Congress Hall. He was revived and stumbled out, to collapse again upon the pavement. On a sick man's bed the fallen "Emperor of Labor" learned of the vote which means that the British Empire is now settling itself to revolve sedately on the tried and trusty pivots of King and Capital. Such is British Labor's "Diamond Jubilee...
Probably every U. S. factory would have shown the ills that Dennison did. Few of the executives had organic diseases. Most were "healthy." But there were all too many cases of functional disturbances caused by mental strain, worry, improper living, neglect of personal hygiene. Some men had decayed teeth, others poor eyesight, improper glasses; some were under weight, others over weight. Men bright enough to have become Dennison executives were not smart enough to eat properly, sleep enough, avoid constipation, take exercise. President Dennison's example and the medical examiner's urgency made the executives start to remedy...