Word: strains
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...miles without much danger to any of the contestants. When, however, the boats are fairly well matched, the crews will ordinarily row their best for nearly the full distance. In such cases a three-mile race is less exhausting to the competitors. The longer the race, the greater the strain on the men; and conversely, the shorter the race, the quicker the recovery afterwards. In many races it has been observed that the winning crew usually finishes fresher than its competitors. This happens not so much because the elation of leading and winning cheers and strengthens the crew, as because...
...parents. Whenever the young husband, Mittelbach, offers to pay any little attention to his wife, the parents interfere. In short, Mittelbach's home is not his own. At the end of two years, Mittelbach has become meek and yields to every whim of his parents-in-law. The strain has worn on his nerves, so that he is very near a state of collapse, when his doctor kindly prescribes a journey for his health. Here Mittelbach sees an opportunity to get away from the parents, and to be left alone with his wife whom he adores. The senator, however, decides...
...whom a majority,--about two-thirds in the last five years-- remain in the University for graduate or professional study. It is desirable that the work required of these students should be such that it can be performed in a wholesome and profitable manner, without imposing too great a strain either on the students themselves or on the standard of the courses which they take. At the same time a large majority of our students, from preference or force of tradition, still adhere to the four years' course . . . Such being the case, it is highly desirable that each...
...boys ought to have as much endurance and stamina as those in England, who take part in the Oxford-Cambridge races. I certainly hope they have as much, but that is not the point. What I contend is that our boys are called upon to bear, not merely a strain equal to that of the Oxford-Cambridge contest, and of the preparation for it, but a greater one. Greater because, as I have previously pointed out, of the difference in weather conditions during the contest, and during the period of preparation for it, because of the added worry...
...consider for a moment the amount of risk incurred. Even if not unduly great, it is nevertheless more than in any other sport, because the strain is admittedly more severe, and this too when the men engaged are physically sound, and in good condition. Think for a moment of the risk to a man who is perhaps not in the best of condition, or who has perhaps some slight physical imperfection. This should not be allowed to happen you will say, and should not be considered. It has happened, however, more than once. It is a very difficult matter...